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Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Dead at 47
Celebrity News May 4, 2012 AT 1:15PMBy Beth Anne Macaluso
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Adam Yauch of the Beastie BoysCredit: Michael Loccisano/WireImage.com
Beastie Boys' co-founder Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone reports.
Best known by his stage name, MCA, the rapper was diagnosed with a tumor in his salivary gland in 2009. Eighteen months and a series of treatments later, Yauch seemed in good health once more.
Last month, however, the Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Yauch announced on the group's website that he would not be able to attend.
PHOTOS: Stars we lost last year
"Hello My Friends While I'm grateful for all the positive energy people are sending my way, reports of my being totally cancer free are exaggerated," he wrote. "I'm continuing treatment, staying optimistic, and hoping to be cancer free in the near future."
Yauch founded the Beastie Boys alongside his friends Mike "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz in 1979. The legendary rap group's most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2, was released last May.
The hip hop icon is survived by his wife, Dechen Wangdu and their daughter, Tenzin.
Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity...ys-adam-yauch-dead-at-48-201245#ixzz1tvN62tL2
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So sad my heart goes out the rest of the members, his famliy, & his friends
Celebrity News May 4, 2012 AT 1:15PMBy Beth Anne Macaluso
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.
Adam Yauch of the Beastie BoysCredit: Michael Loccisano/WireImage.com
Beastie Boys' co-founder Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone reports.
Best known by his stage name, MCA, the rapper was diagnosed with a tumor in his salivary gland in 2009. Eighteen months and a series of treatments later, Yauch seemed in good health once more.
Last month, however, the Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Yauch announced on the group's website that he would not be able to attend.
PHOTOS: Stars we lost last year
"Hello My Friends While I'm grateful for all the positive energy people are sending my way, reports of my being totally cancer free are exaggerated," he wrote. "I'm continuing treatment, staying optimistic, and hoping to be cancer free in the near future."
Yauch founded the Beastie Boys alongside his friends Mike "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz in 1979. The legendary rap group's most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2, was released last May.
The hip hop icon is survived by his wife, Dechen Wangdu and their daughter, Tenzin.
Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity...ys-adam-yauch-dead-at-48-201245#ixzz1tvN62tL2
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So sad my heart goes out the rest of the members, his famliy, & his friends
