Adam Yauch's Death

The rapper Adam Yauch died at the age of 47 . Below is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Rapper and bass guitarist known best by his stage name MCA, a founding member of the Beastie Boys. He also owned his own independent film production company, Oscilloscope Laboratories, before passing away from cancer in 2012.

He married Dechen Wangdu on May 31, 1998, and they had one child together.

Quotes

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“Fresh snow is amazing. The board is real different… it floats on the powder and goes really fast. If you’re riding a long board, it’s more like surfing than skiing.” (Adam Yauch)

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“I want to say a little something that’s long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect till the end.” (Adam Yauch)

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“I think the really significant part of it for us, for the western world, is we have a lot to gain from the Tibetans – there are certain lessons that are within Tibetan culture. I mean understandings of compassion and of nonviolence that are things that we really lack in our society.” (Adam Yauch)

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“The teachings of Tibetan Buddhism have been passed down for a long time now. They have that system pretty well figured out.” (Adam Yauch)

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“I think it’s scary that that our elected officials aren’t operating under the principles of human rights, under the principles that this government and this country was founded on.” (Adam Yauch)