Singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, who gained prominence for his political satire, has reportedly died at the age of 97.

A mathematician by training, he acquired a devoted following with songs that set sardonic lyrics to music that was often ...

Tom Lehrer songs included “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” “The Old Dope Peddler,” “Be Prepared” and “The Vatican Rag,” in ...

The legendary satirist who rose to fame in the ’50s and ’60s with darkly funny songs about war, politics, and society has ...

Reports about the death of singer-songwriter and satirist Tom Lehrer have surfaced online. He was a Harvard-educated ...

Thomas A. Lehrer ’47 — a beloved musician and mathematics instructor who set sardonic commentary to upbeat piano melodies — ...

Tom Lehrer, the influential song satirist whose darkly comic lyrics gained a cult following decades after he stopped making ...

On Saturday, Lehrer died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Per USA TODAY, his friend David Herder confirmed the news to various publications.

That first album soon sold 350,000, fueled primarily by word of mouth, especially on college campuses. Most Chicagoans first ...

Tom Lehrer, a mathematician from Harvard whose snarky, sardonic lyrics made him a famous satirist during the 1950s and ‘60s, ...

The influential comic stylist and mathematician rose to fame lampooning mainstream American mores in the 1950s and 1960s, ...

Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other ...