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      <title>10 Years Ago: Beastie Boys’ Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch Dies</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 14:20:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[On May 4, 2012, the music world was dealt a crushing blow. <a href="https://wgrd.com/beastie-boys-adam-mca-yauch-dies-anniversary/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On May 4, 2012, the music world was dealt a crushing blow. <a href="https://wgrd.com/beastie-boys-adam-mca-yauch-dies-anniversary/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Adam Yauch Park Vandalized by Swastikas and Pro-Donald Trump Graffiti</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Brooklyn, N.Y., park renamed in honor of the late Beastie Boys member was defaced in the name of President-elect Donald Trump. <a href="https://wgrd.com/adam-yauch-park-vandalized/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Late Beastie Boys Member Adam Yauch to Be Honored With ‘MCA Day’ in New York</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The death of Beastie Boys emcee Adam Yauch hit a lot of people hard, but there were some fans who immediately rallied to make sure that the man also known as MCA would get his day in his hometown of New York. <a href="https://wgrd.com/late-beastie-boys-member-adam-yauch-to-be-honored-with-mca-day-in-new-york/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The death of Beastie Boys emcee Adam Yauch hit a lot of people hard, but there were some fans who immediately rallied to make sure that the man also known as MCA would get his day in his hometown of New York. <a href="https://wgrd.com/late-beastie-boys-member-adam-yauch-to-be-honored-with-mca-day-in-new-york/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Thom Yorke Reacts to Adam Yauch’s Death</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 22:12:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Beloved Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, aka MCA, passed away from cancer on Friday (May 4), and there’s been an outpouring of sadness from across the music world, including the prince of thought-rock, Thom Yorke. <a href="https://wgrd.com/thom-yorke-reacts-to-adam-yauchs-death/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Beloved Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, aka MCA, passed away from cancer on Friday (May 4), and there&CloseCurlyQuote;s been an outpouring of sadness from across the music world, including the prince of thought-rock,&nbsp;Thom Yorke. <a href="https://wgrd.com/thom-yorke-reacts-to-adam-yauchs-death/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch Discussed Cancer and Treatment in 2009 Video</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 14:41:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Everybody knows that Beastie Boy Adam Yauch succumbed to cancer on Friday (May 4), but fewer seem to know exactly what he was up against. The rapper’s three-year battle began in 2009 with a rare diagnosis: he had malignant tumors in the parotid gland, one of the salivary glands near the jaw and the ear, that had spread to the nearby lymph node. Not the best news, but he remained hopeful. <a href="https://wgrd.com/adam-mca-yauch-discussed-cancer-and-treatment-in-2009-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Everybody knows that Beastie Boy Adam Yauch succumbed to cancer on Friday (May 4), but fewer seem to know exactly what he was up against. The rapper&CloseCurlyQuote;s three-year battle began in 2009 with a rare diagnosis:&nbsp;he had malignant tumors in the parotid gland, one of the salivary glands near the jaw and the ear, that had spread&nbsp;to the nearby lymph node. Not the best news, but he remained hopeful. <a href="https://wgrd.com/adam-mca-yauch-discussed-cancer-and-treatment-in-2009-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Red Hot Chili Peppers Show ‘Gratitude’ for Late Beastie Boy Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 11:09:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The tributes keep rolling in for Adam “MCA” Yauch. Friday night’s (May 4) Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., was dedicated by the band to the late, great Beastie Boy, who passed away earlier that day after a three-year battle with cancer — and, as reported by Billboard, honored him in the most poignant of ways. <a href="https://wgrd.com/red-hot-chili-peppers-show-gratitude-for-late-beastie-boy-adam-mca-yauch/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The tributes keep rolling in for Adam &ldquo;MCA&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote; Yauch. Friday night&CloseCurlyQuote;s (May 4) Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., was dedicated by the band to the late, great Beastie Boy, who passed away earlier that day after a three-year battle with cancer &mdash; and, as reported by Billboard, honored him in the most poignant of ways. <a href="https://wgrd.com/red-hot-chili-peppers-show-gratitude-for-late-beastie-boy-adam-mca-yauch/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Eminem, Kid Rock, Nas Pay Tribute to Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 00:25:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The death of founding Beastie Boys member Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch has affected artists from all music genres, and tributes have been pouring in since news of Yauch’s passing broke. Hip-hop icons Eminem and Nas, along with rapper-turned-rocker Kid Rock, are the latest to show respect for their fallen peer. <a href="https://wgrd.com/eminem-nas-pay-tribute-to-beastie-boys-adam-yauch/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The death of founding Beastie Boys member Adam &lsquo;MCA&CloseCurlyQuote; Yauch has affected artists from all music genres, and tributes have been pouring in since news of Yauch&CloseCurlyQuote;s passing broke. Hip-hop icons Eminem and Nas, along with rapper-turned-rocker Kid Rock, are the latest to show respect for their fallen peer. <a href="https://wgrd.com/eminem-nas-pay-tribute-to-beastie-boys-adam-yauch/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Beastie Boys’ Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch Dead at 47</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:17:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We're sad to report that Adam Yauch, better known as MCA from the Beastie Boys has passed away. He was 47. <a href="https://wgrd.com/beastie-boys-adam-mca-yauch-dead-at-47/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We&apos;re sad to report that Adam Yauch, better known as MCA from the Beastie Boys has passed away. He was 47. <a href="https://wgrd.com/beastie-boys-adam-mca-yauch-dead-at-47/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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