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Founding Beastie Boys member John Berry dies at 52 after dementia struggle
John Berry, a founding member of the Beastie Boys, died Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at a hospice in Danvers, Massachusetts, Rolling Stone reported. Berry was 52.
Berry’s father, John Berry III, told Rolling Stone that his son suffered from frontal lobe dementia which had been getting worse. The condition causes deterioration in the brain which can lead to changes in behavior and personality, language disturbances and alterations in muscle or motor functions, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.