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RIP MCA!

Reuters

2:00 p.m. CDT, May 4, 2012

LOS ANGELES, May 4 (Reuters) - Adam Yauch, a founding member

of pioneering hip-hop group the

Beastie Boys

, has died at age 47

of

cancer

, according to a statement on the band's website.

"It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician,rapper, activist and director Adam "MCA" Yauch, founding memberof Beastie Boys ... passed away in his native New York City thismorning after a near-three-year battle with cancer," thestatement said.

Back in July 2009, Yauch disclosed that he had beendiagnosed with a tumor in his salivary gland and lymph node.

Yauch is survived by his wife, Dechen, and his daughterTenzin Losel, as well as his parents Frances and Noel Yauch.

(Reporting By Bob Tourtellotte; Editing by Eric Beech)

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