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Adam Yauch, an only child, was born on August 5, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Frances and Noel Yauch, who is a painter and architect. His father was Catholic (of Irish, German, and French descent) and his mother was Jewish. Adam attended Edward R. Murrow High School in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. In high school, he taught himself to play the bass guitar. He formed Beastie Boys with John Berry, Kate Schellenbach, and Mike D. On his seventeenth birthday, they played their first show, then still a hardcore punk band in the vein of Reagan Youth. Adam attended Bard College for two years before dropping out.
Beastie Boys added Adam Horovitz to the group, and released their first album, Licensed to Ill, on Def Jam Records, now performing as a hip hop trio. They went on to open for Madonna on her famous "Like a Virgin" tour. The group gained huge success with numerous genius albums and tours, and founded their own label "Grand Royal Records" in 1993.
Under the pseudonym "Nathanial Hörnblowér", Yauch directed many of the Beastie Boys' music videos. In 2002, Yauch built a recording studio in New York City called Oscilloscope Laboratories. He began an independent film distributing company called Oscilloscope Pictures. Yauch directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film, although in the DVD extras for the film, the title character in "A Day in the Life of Nathanial Hörnblowér" is played by David Cross. He also directed the 2008 film Gunnin' For That #1 Spot about eight high school basketball prospects at the Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic at Rucker Park in Harlem, New York City. Yauch produced Build a Nation, the comeback album from hardcore/punk band Bad Brains. Oscilloscope Laboratories also distributed Adam Yauch's directorial film debut, basketball documentary Gunnin' For That #1 Spot (2008) as well as Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy (2008) and Oren Moverman's The Messenger (2009).
Yauch was a practicing Buddhist. 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, Adam married Dechen Wangdu, and they have a daughter named Tenzin Losel Yauch. 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.
In 2009, Yauch was diagnosed and treated for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node, and underwent surgery and radiation therapy, delaying the release of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two and the subsequent tour. He was unable to appear in music videos for the album. Yauch became a vegan under the recommendation of his Tibetan doctors.
Beastie Boys had sold 40 million records worldwide by 2010. In 2011, Yauch received the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters from Bard College, the college he attended for two years. In April 2012, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Yauch was inducted in absentia due to his illness. His bandmates paid tribute to Yauch, and a letter from him was read to the crowd.
Adam Yauch died from cancer on May 4, 2012, in New York City. He was survived by his wife and son.- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
NBC staff pianist (1948-1951), arranger, composer and conductor Mort Lindsey earned a BA degree from Columbia University and an MA from Columbia University Teachers College and arranged the Broadway score for "Bajour". Joining ASCAP in 1957, his chief musical collaborators were Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mercer and Noel Sherman, and his popular-music compositions include "Lorna", "Steve's Theme" and "Stolen Hours".- Karel Belohradský was born on 17 November 1943 in Praha, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He was an actor, known for Hart's War (2002), Kafka (1991) and Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977). He died on 4 May 2012 in Praha, Czech Republic.
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
David C. Roehm Sr. was born on 13 June 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Lovely Bones (2009), Murder Below the Line (2004) and Pawns (2005). He was married to Alice Mildred Blair. He died on 4 May 2012 in Runnemede, New Jersey, USA.- Writer
- Producer
- Production Manager
Virland Stan Harris was a writer and producer, known for Seeker & Fetch (2011), Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006) and Saving Christmas Forest. Virland Stan died on 4 May 2012 in California, USA.- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Bob Stewart was born on 27 August 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The $10,000 Pyramid (1973), Lucky Ladders (1988) and Action Réaction (1986). He was married to Sara Abramowitz. He died on 4 May 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Kevin Gill was a producer and assistant director, known for All My Children (1970), Annapolis (2006) and The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (2000). He died on 4 May 2012 in Venice, California, USA.- Actor
- Composer
- Producer
Tinoco was born on 19 November 1920 in Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor and composer, known for A Grande Arte (1991), Lá no Meu Sertão (1962) and Obrigado a matar (1964). He died on 4 May 2012 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.- Krystyna Ciechomska was born on 8 November 1921 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (1980), Dom na pustkowiu (1949) and Nikodem Dyzma (1956). She died on 4 May 2012 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Edward Short was born on 17 December 1912 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. He was married to Jennie Sewell. He died on 4 May 2012 in Lancashire, England, UK.
- Sound Department
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("The Ballad of Diver Dan"), author, sound engineer and publisher, educated at the Drexel Institute and in private music study. He served in the United States Army Air Force during World war II, then became an electronics engineer for over seven years, and a recording engineer for film and recording studios. He organized his own recording studio and publishing company, as well. Joining ASCAP in 1961, his chief musical collaborators included Nicholas Catucci and Leon Rhodes.- Angelica Garnett was born on 25 December 1918 in Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex, England, UK. She was married to David Garnett. She died on 4 May 2012 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.