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Yesterday, I heard that a figure I remembered from my childhood had died recently: Tom Lehrer, a musical satirist, performer, ...
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 universities, ...
Tom Lehrer, satirist and mathematician, died at 97. A look at his musical legacy, wit, and cultural impact that still ...
Yet, in truth, satire—at least satire of great quality—lives just as long as any other kind of art. It keeps its objects ...
It’s very flattering that people remember the songs and have kept them alive all these years,” Mr. Lehrer told The Boston ...
Singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, who gained prominence for his political satire, has reportedly died at the age of 97.
Songwriter Tom Lehrer, who died July 26, was once considered the sharpest voice in political satire. Why did he stop writing?
The legendary satirist who rose to fame in the ’50s and ’60s with darkly funny songs about war, politics, and society has ...
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 ...
Brief though his career as an entertainer was, Tom Lehrer inscribed his signature on a brainy, no-holds-barred brand of ...
Musician and satirist Tom Lehrer stuck his alma mater into his music. Here's all the times he was singing about Harvard.