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Despite being best known for his humorous and satirical songs, Tom Lehrer, who died on 26 July at the age of 97, spent most ...
Yesterday, I heard that a figure I remembered from my childhood had died recently: Tom Lehrer, a musical satirist, performer, ...
Who was Tom Lehrer? Just another iconic entertainer with a connection to Aspen. Lehrer passed on July 27, 2025, at the age of ...
Yet, in truth, satire—at least satire of great quality—lives just as long as any other kind of art. It keeps its objects ...
The great comedic songwriter and performer Tom Lehrer passed away at 97 yesterday, outliving one of the writers credited with penning the “advance” obituary that The New York Times had been holding ...
The mathematician, songwriter and imp has died at 97.
Tom Lehrer, a Cambridge-based satirical songwriter that got his start at Harvard University, has died at age 97. You may know some of his songs ...
Nothing scared Tom Lehrer more than someone from the government who wanted to fix the world. He knew—because he was one, ...
Musician and satirist Tom Lehrer stuck his alma mater into his music. Here's all the times he was singing about Harvard.
If you’ve ever laughed at a satirical song, whether watching a panel show, a live comedy gig or on Radio 4, there’s a good ...
The mathematician, songwriter and satirist Tom Lehrer has died. In his later years, he put his musical work in the public ...
TOM LEHRER, the math prodigy who became an influential musical satirist with his barbed views of American social and political life in the 1950s and 1960s, has died at the age of 97, according to news ...