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Lady Gaga's Dad Tattoo

Gaga inked the word "dad" inside of a heart as a tribute to her father, Joe Germanotta, after he had open-heart surgery in 2009. Her father initially didn't want to get the surgery, but she managed to convince him, and the heart valve replacement that he had ended up saving his life.

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