AKIPRESS.COM - Lady Gaga has paid tribute to model Rick Genest, who has died at the age of 32.

Rick was known as Zombie Boy, due to bone and organ tattoos across his body, including skull features on his face.

He was found dead at his home in Montreal, Canada and is believed to have killed himself, reports say.

Rick appeared in Gaga's Born This Way video in 2011 and the singer says the loss is "beyond devastating."