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Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies

USA TODAY on MSN · 20h

Tom Lehrer, songwriter and influential political satirist, dies at 97: Reports

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

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97

Tom Lehrer songs included “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” “The Old Dope Peddler,” “Be Prepared” and “The Vatican Rag,” in which he poked at the rites and ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church.

The New Yorker · 17h

How Tom Lehrer Escaped the Transience of Satire

Yet, in truth, satire—at least satire of great quality—lives just as long as any other kind of art. It keeps its objects alive by lampooning them and, wrapping itself around the subject, fossil-like,

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Musical Impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh Pays Tribute To "Wickedly Witty" Tom Lehrer

EXCLUSIVE: In a tribute shared exclusively with Deadline, musical theater impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh has remembered ...

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I discovered Tom Lehrer in high school. His transgressive black humor hooked me.

Lehrer, who died Saturday, was a Harvard-educated math prodigy whose satirical music was everything my nerdy teenage self ...

20hOpinion

Tom Lehrer was the face of the real 1950s

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 ...

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Here’s every mention of Harvard in the lyrics of Tom Lehrer

Musician and satirist Tom Lehrer stuck his alma mater into his music. Here's all the times he was singing about Harvard.

Wall Street Journal20h

Who’s Next? Remembering Tom Lehrer’s Wit

Tom Lehrer was a mathematician—and quite a good one, by all accounts. Which makes it all the more interesting that he was ...

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