Founding member of Beastie Boys, John Berry, dies at 52May 20, 2016 - 17:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - John Berry, a founding member of the Beastie Boys, has passed away, NME reports. He died on Thursday morning (May 19) at a hospice in Danvers, Massachusetts, at the age of 52. Berry’s father confirmed his death to Rolling Stone and said that his son had suffered from frontal lobe dementia, which worsened during his last months. Berry (pictured above, second from right) served as guitarist in the hip-hop group from 1981-82. He played on their first seven-inch EP Polly Wog Stew', released in July 1982. Berry is also credited with naming the band. Prior to Beastie Boys, Berry was in a band called the Young Aborigines with Mike D and Kate Schellenbach (who also served in Beastie Boys from 1981–1984). Berry also played in a number of other bands, including Even Worse, Big Fat Love, Highway Stars and Bourbon Deluxe. Beastie Boys made reference to Berry when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |