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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 ...
Lehrer, who died Saturday, was a Harvard-educated math prodigy whose satirical music was everything my nerdy teenage self ...
EXCLUSIVE: In a tribute shared exclusively with Deadline, musical theater impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh has remembered ...
Yet, in truth, satire—at least satire of great quality—lives just as long as any other kind of art. It keeps its objects ...
Singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, who gained prominence for his political satire, has reportedly died at the age of 97.
There never was a time like the 1950s — not even during the 1950s. Not if you have in mind the decade of conformity, of moms ...
The legendary satirist who rose to fame in the ’50s and ’60s with darkly funny songs about war, politics, and society has ...
Tom Lehrer died on Saturday, aged 97. His album That Was the Year That Was records a live performance, including his ...
Popular song satirist Tom Lehrer, who abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities ...
Tom Lehrer, a mathematician and satirist whose musical influence peaked in the 1950s and ’60s with his topical songs, died ...
Like so many comedians, Lehrer got his start by going to Harvard. He wrote and recorded his first song, “Fight Fiercely ...