The famed comedic singer served two years in the Army, and hid references to his music in his work in the NSA.

Tom Lehrer, a popular musical satirist who rose to fame in the 1950s and '60s before returning to a career teaching math, has ...

Tom Lehrer, the musical satirist and onetime mathematical prodigy whose lampooning lyrics skewered racism, the Catholic ...

This investigation, like the June 18 congressional inquiry into “research security” at U-Mich, promotes witch-hunting claims ...

The World Socialist Web Site unequivocally condemns the vicious and life-threatening political witch hunt targeting Dr. Marta ...

Tom Lehrer, a mathematician and satirist whose musical influence peaked in the 1950s and ’60s with his topical songs, died on ...

Tom Lehrer, the influential musical satirist and educator, died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His friend David Herder confirmed the news. Lehrer was 97.

The song, commissioned by Garrison Keillor in 1990, was one of the first popular tunes about a Jewish holiday.

Lehrer died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday, his longtime friend David Herder told the New York Times. Lehrer's career as a musician and revered social commentator was little more ...

His songs included “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” “The Old Dope Peddler,” “Be Prepared,” in which he mocked the Boy Scouts, ...