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Lehrer, who died July 26, wrote numerous satirical songs, including "Pollution" and "The Vatican Rag." In the latter half of his life, he also taught math at Harvard and MIT.
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The mathematician-turned-musician wrote songs that, decades later, still make readers laugh.
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, ...
Despite being best known for his humorous and satirical songs, Tom Lehrer, who died on 26 July at the age of 97, spent most ...
The post Satirical Songwriter Tom Lehrer Dies at 97 appeared first on Considerable. Tom Lehrer, the sharp-witted musical ...
Lehrer, who died Saturday, was a Harvard-educated math prodigy whose satirical music was everything my nerdy teenage self ...
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 ...
In a tribute shared exclusively with Deadline, Sir Cameron Mackintosh remembers Tom Lehrer, the musical comedy legend, who died aged 97.
Yet, in truth, satire—at least satire of great quality—lives just as long as any other kind of art. It keeps its objects ...
Weird Al' Yankovic, an American comedy musician, singer, and writer, took to Instagram to express his thoughts about the passing of Tom Lehrer.