Rick Genest (August 7, 1985 â€" August 1, 2018), also known as Zombie
Boy, was a Canadian artist, actor, fashion model, and musician. He
held a Guinness World Record for his full-body tattoos.Genest was born
in Châteauguay, Quebec. Diagnosed with a brain tumor, he was on the
surgery waitlist for six months, during which he contemplated his life
and possible death, before undergoing the surgery with minimal
complications.Genest subsequently had himself tattooed over most of
his body, and held the Guinness World Record for the most tattoos of
human bones (139).<ref="time"> He previously held the Guinness World
Record for most tattoos of insects (176) until November 2018, when
Joshua Thornton took the title.
Boy, was a Canadian artist, actor, fashion model, and musician. He
held a Guinness World Record for his full-body tattoos.Genest was born
in Châteauguay, Quebec. Diagnosed with a brain tumor, he was on the
surgery waitlist for six months, during which he contemplated his life
and possible death, before undergoing the surgery with minimal
complications.Genest subsequently had himself tattooed over most of
his body, and held the Guinness World Record for the most tattoos of
human bones (139).<ref="time"> He previously held the Guinness World
Record for most tattoos of insects (176) until November 2018, when
Joshua Thornton took the title.
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