{"id":174837,"date":"2018-08-03T04:24:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T08:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=174837"},"modified":"2018-08-03T04:24:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T08:24:56","slug":"montreal-model-known-zombie-boy-dead-32-talent-agency-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/03\/montreal-model-known-zombie-boy-dead-32-talent-agency-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal model known as Zombie Boy dead at 32, talent agency confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_174840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174840\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4RicoPortrait_8x12_400x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174840\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4RicoPortrait_8x12_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4RicoPortrait_8x12_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4RicoPortrait_8x12_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4RicoPortrait_8x12_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dulcedo Management confirmed on its Facebook page the death of Rick Genest, who was better known as Zombie Boy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ricothezombie?lang=en\">(Photo: Zombie Boy\/Twitter)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MONTREAL &#8211; The agency that represents a Quebec model known for his head-to-toe tattoos and his participation in Lady Gaga music video \u201cBorn This Way\u201d says he has died.<\/p>\n<p>Dulcedo Management confirmed on its Facebook page the death of Rick Genest, who was better known as Zombie Boy.<\/p>\n<p>Dulcedo said it learned Thursday afternoon of the death and \u201cwas in shock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The agency called the 32-year-old Montrealer an \u201cicon of the artistic scene and of the fashion world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On her official Twitter account Thursday night, Lady Gaga said, \u201cthe suicide of friend Rick Genest, Zombie Boy is beyond devastating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The American singer added: \u201cWe have to work harder to change the culture, bring Mental Health to the forefront and erase the stigma that we can&#8217;t talk about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Radio-Canada reported news of the death and cited a police source, but Montreal police did not confirm the death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL &#8211; The agency that represents a Quebec model known for his head-to-toe tattoos and his participation in Lady Gaga &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":174840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}