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Tom Lehrer, Dies and Musical Satirist Whose Influence

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Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

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

Hollywood Reporter on MSN · 4d

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist Whose Influence Peaked in the ’50s and ’60s, Dies at 97

Tom Lehrer, a mathematician and satirist whose musical influence peaked in the 1950s and ’60s with his topical songs, died on Saturday. He was 97. Lehrer died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his friend, David Herder, told The New York Times.

New York Post · 3d

Tom Lehrer, political song satirist and mathematician, dead at 97

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

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Tom Lehrer, wickedly funny musical satirist whose subversive ditties caused outrage and delight

Tom Lehrer, who has died aged 97, wrote and performed such subversive ditties as Poisoning Pigeons in the Park and The ...

Did Wernher Von Braun sue Tom Lehrer? Musical satirist’s history with Rocket scientist explored

Tom Lehrer, the acclaimed musical satirist, has been in the limelight recently due to his passing on July 26, 2025, at the ...

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