PAKAR INFO : Adam Yauch Tutup Usia - Biography Adam Yauch - Dunia musik kembali berduka. Personel Beastie Boys Adam Yauch meninggal dunia pada usia 47 tahun di New York, Jumat (4/5/2012) pagi waktu setempat.

Pebisnis musik Russell Simmons mengkonfirmasi berita duka tersebut lewat situs GlobalGrind.com. Yauch dikabarkan menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya setelah perjuangan panjang melawan kanker.

"Dengan kesedihan mendalam, kami mengkonfirmasi bahwa musisi, rapper, aktivis dan direktur Adam 'MCA' Yauch, salah satu pendiri Beastie Boys meninggal dunia di New York setelah berjuang selama tiga tahun melawan kanker," tulis Simmons seperti dilansir USA Today, Sabtu, (5/5/2012).

Pada tahun 2009, Yauch mengumumkan ia dirawat karena tumor kanker di kelenjar ludahnya. Dia telah menjalani operasi, terapi radiasi, dan tidak melakukan pertunjukan musik sejak saat itu.

Yauch meninggalkan seorang istri, Dechen Wengdu, dan putri mereka Tenzin Losel.

Yauch membentuk inkarnasi awal dari Beastie Boys dengan Michael Diamond (alias Mike D.) pada 1979 silam. Grup musik hip hop itu memainkan pertunjukan pertama mereka pada hari ulang tahun ke-17 Yauch.

Selama kariernya di dunia musik, Yauch membantu Beastie Boys meraih berbagai macam penghargaan bergengsi. Pada 2010 lalu, mereka berhasil menjual 22 juta album di AS dan 40 juta album di seluruh dunia.

Adam Yauch was born in New York on August 5, 1964. He formed the Beastie Boys with Mike D in 1981. They soon added Adam Horovitz to the group and went on to open for Madonna on her famous "Like a Virgin" tour. The Beastie Boys gained huge success with numerous genius albums and tours, then founded their own label "Grand Royal Records" in 1993. Inspired by his own extensive travels as well as the The Dalai Lama, Yauch became publicly passionate about the destructive, violent situation in Tibet and created "The Milarepa Fund" in 1994 to help promote awareness and generate support around the world.

He organized the first "Tibetan Freedom Concert" in San Francisco in 1996, which he followed with years of a similar series in the United States and worldwide. His Milarepa Fund has raised large sums of money for the Tibetan cause and its nonviolent Buddhist struggle to maintain an actual state of existence on the planet.

In May of 1998, he married Dechen Wangdu and they have together produced a daughter named Tenzin. Yauch has influenced an entire generation of human souls to look deep within themselves in search of a greater truth and a peaceful, compassionate understanding of all that surrounds us.