• John Berry, founding Beastie Boys member, has died
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[quote]John Berry, an original member of hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, died Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. at a hospice in Danvers, Massachusetts. He was 52. John Berry III, Berry’s father, confirmed his death Thursday afternoon to Rolling Stone. He said his son suffered from frontal lobe dementia, which had worsened in recent months. Berry is credited with coming up with the name Beastie Boys when they were teenagers. He attended the Walden School in New York with Mike Diamond. The group formed in July 1981, with Berry and Diamond joined by Adam Yauch and Kate Schellenbach. The first Beastie Boys shows took place at Berry's old loft at the corner of West 100th Street and Broadway in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, where a small crowd gathered to hear the fledgling hardcore/punk band. [...] The Beastie Boys did not neglect Berry’s role in the band. When they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012,Horovitz read a speech by Adam Yauch, who died later that year at age 47 of cancer. Yauch’s speech mentioned John as a formative member of the band’s early years. [...][/quote] [url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/original-beastie-boys-member-john-berry-dead-at-52-20160519]source[/url]
Holy shit those guys have bad health
:/ 52 is way too early
No sleep till Brooklyn buddy, sleep well.
Note that John Berry was a Beastie Boy when the Beastie Boys were still a rock band, Ad-Rock and Mike D are still kicking it
He fought, and died, for our right to party. RIP.
[QUOTE=Thechuz1337;50356742]He fought, and died, for our right to party. RIP.[/QUOTE] He was gone before Licence to Ill
Never even heard of him since he isn't on any of their albums. At least it wasn't Mike D or Ad-Rock.
Lot of celebrities dying in 2016 :/
[QUOTE=plunger435;50356848]He was gone before Licence to Ill[/QUOTE] Just because he didn't work on the song doesn't mean he didn't have the same motivation.
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