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Tom Lehrer, song satirist, dies

USA TODAY on MSN · 15h

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.

Variety on MSN · 1d

Tom Lehrer, Influential Satirist Whose Topical Songs Poked and Prodded America in the ’50s and ’60s, Dies at 97

Tom Lehrer, an influential musical satirist who came to fame with songs addressing topical events in the '50s and '60s, has died at age 97.

The Hollywood Reporter on MSN · 1d

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 Saturday. He was 97. Lehrer died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his friend, David Herder, told The New York Times .

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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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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.

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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 ...

15hOpinion

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 ...

Wall Street Journal15h

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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