Lady Gaga Red Carpet Appearance A Literal Heartbreaker

It seems bizarreness follows Lady GaGa wherever she goes, and this week is no different.

New York City celebrity photographer A. J. Sokalner died Monday night on the red carpet moments after shooting photos of the musician who was attending the Accessories Council Awards at Cipriani, a restaurant in the city.

According to the New York Examiner, the photographer — one of about two dozen taking pictures along the red carpet — suffered a heart attack and fell into the crowd. He was then rushed to Bellevue Hospital, but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Brian Lamb, another photographer, says he was standing near Sokalner when he saw him collapse, believing he had just fainted.

"By the time I saw him, he was already blue and people were starting to give him CPR," Lamb told the newspaper.

A source told the Access Hollywood television program that Sokalner — who was in his late 50s and had been in poor health recently — was "packing up his cameras and he died of what is believed to be a fairly major heart attack."

Early reports of the incident alleged GaGa was responsible for the death but those reports were quickly removed.

The death comes as Lady GaGa is about to mount her own North American headlining tour after her co-headlining jaunt with Kanye West was nixed. Her tour will kick off with shows in Montreal and Toronto.

In a strange coincidence, the death coincides with the singer's new agreement promoting her own brand of in-ear headphones entitled Heartbeats. The headphones are part of the Beats By Dr. Drew Family product line.

Lady Gaga will release a deluxe edition of her The Fame debut album, The Fame Monster, on Nov. 23.

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Nov. 27 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Nov. 28 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Nov. 29 Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
Dec. 1-2 Boston, MA @ Wang Theatre
Dec. 3 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
Dec. 9-11 Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Dec. 13-14 San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Dec. 18 Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl at The Palms
Dec. 19 San Diego, CA @ San Diego Sports Arena
Dec. 21-23 Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theatre
Dec. 28-29 Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
Dec. 31, Jan. 2 Miami, FL @ Knight Center
Jan. 3 Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Cafe
Jan. 7 St. Louis, MO @ Fox Theater
Jan. 8-10 Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
Jan. 12-13 Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
Jan. 20-21 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
Feb. 18 Manchester, England @ Manchester Evening News Arena
Feb. 21 Dublin, Ireland @ The O2 Dublin
Feb. 22 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Odyssey Arena
Feb. 24 Liverpool, England @ Echo Arena
Feb. 26-27 London, England @ O2 Arena
March 1 Glasgow, Scotland @ Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre
March 3 Cardiff, Wales @ Cardiff International Arena
March 4 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England @ Metro Radio Arena
March 5 Birmingham, England @ LG Arena
March 7 Sheffield, England @ Sheffield Arena
March 8 Nottingham, England @ Trent FM Arena
March 17-18 Sydney, Australia @ Hordern Pavilion
March 22 Canberra, Australia @ AIS Arena
March 23-24 Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena
March 26 Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
March 30 Adelaide, Australia @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
April 2 Perth, Australia @ Challenge Stadium