Update at 2:30 p.m. ET: The news that Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys has died has now been confirmed .
Our original post:
Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys, who that he had a cancerous tumor in a salivary gland, has died, according to reports from , and . He was 47.
It was just last month when the Beastie Boys were . Yauch . According to the hall, the band:
"...combined hardcore and hip-hop in a fresh-sounding musical mashup that was danceable, infectious and wickedly funny. ... Due to their brash humor and punkish sensibility, the Beastie Boys have been called 'the bastard brat offspring of Sesame Street and the Sex Pistols,' 'AC/DC meets Run-D.M.C. with a teenage wit' and 'the Marx Brothers of rap.' "
Our friends at will have much more. ( Update at 2:42 p.m. ET: Their post .)
"Beastie Boys" is already . And the hashtags and are going strong.
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