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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0505_madonna_youch_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/05/05/0505-madonna-youch-getty-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Madonna&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Adam \"MCA\" Yauch&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;toured together all the way back in the 1980s ... and she calls the rapper a one of a kind performer and an inspiration to her career. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The queen of pop told the AP she felt the &lt;strong&gt;Beastie Boys&lt;/strong&gt; were \"integral to the musical revolution that was happening to me at the time.\" She called&amp;#160;his death sad and asked God to bless his family. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Beastie Boys opened for Madonna during her 1985 Virgin Tour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yauch died on Friday after a long battle with cancer, just one month after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was 47. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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