Lady Gaga consoled by her boyfriend after her grandfather Giuseppe dies aged 88



Lady Gaga has received a consoling hug from her boyfriend Luc Carl after attending the nursing home where her grandfather Giuseppe (Joseph) Germanotta was living on Wednesday.



Sadly, two days after the pop star visited the home in New Jersey with Carl and her mother Cynthia Germanotta, her grandfather passed away.



Gaga has spoken of her grief at her grandfather's illness before, breaking down on stage during a concert in Nottingham, England in May as she dedicated her song 'Speechless' to him.



Family support: Lady Gaga looks serious as she walks into the nursing home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey on Wednesday to visit her grandfather Joseph



Consolation: Gaga holds on tight to boyfriend Luc Carl outside the nursing home in Lincoln Park on Wednesday

'I don't always talk about my personal life but my grandpa's sick,' she told the audience.



'And I'm really close with my grandpa and he's really sick and he's in the States and my dad's with him.



'So I was, like, crying all day, really sad. So I thought I might just be honest and tell you that's what's going on.'

Her father had called and asked her to dedicate 'Speechless' to her grandfather, she said.



She told the audience that she has tried to be a 'really good, strong daughter'.

Family pulling together: Lady Gaga with boyfriend Luc Carl and mother Cynthia Germanotta in Lincoln Park, New Jersey

'So it's been one of those tough things that my grandpa's too old to come to my show, but I suppose if we sing loud enough, he'll be able to hear us. So this one's for you grandpa,' she added.



Dressed in a black suit and silver pearls on Wednesday, she looked unusually conservative - although there was still a hint of her Lady Gaga persona in her five-inch platform heeled black boots.

Gaga has previously revealed that she wrote the song Speechless after discovering that her father had failed to seek treatment for a heart condition.



'My mom called me, and I was very depressed. I was on tour and I couldn't leave, so I went into the studio and I wrote this song Speechless, and it's about these phone calls,' she said in an interview with MTV news.

'My dad used to call me after he'd had a few drinks and I wouldn't know what to say. I was speechless and I just feared that I would lose him and I wouldn't be there.'

Dozens of messages of sympathy and support for the star have been posted, both at an online obituary for her grandfather and on Twitter.



The obituary in the Star-Ledger said Mr Germanotta had lived in New Jersey.

He was self-employed and had served in the Army during World War II.

He was survived by his wife of 57 years, Angeline, as well as his son Jospeh and granddaughters - Gaga and her sister Natali.

The obituary asked that in lieu of flowers, donations were made to the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research at www.michaeljfox.org.

