It would be an understatement to say that Tom Lehrer, who died in July 2025, led an interesting life. He's best known for his musical comedy, which alternated between macabre balladry (on songs like ...

Tom Lehrer, the mathematician and song satirist who had a massive musical influence in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97. Lehrer passed away Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ...

Obituary The field of satirists and hit singer-songwriters who were also professional mathematicians and lecturers is a very small one, and as such, we feel sure Tom Lehrer was the greatest who ever ...

Tom Lehrer, a popular musical satirist who rose to fame in the 1950s and '60s before returning to a career teaching math, has died at age 97. Lehrer died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Mass., ...

This is FRESH AIR. Tom Lehrer, the composer and occasional performer of such satirical, often topical songs like "Pollution" and "Vatican Rag," died last week at the age of 97. Our TV critic David ...

Musician and political satirist Tom Lehrer died Saturday, July 26. He was 97. According to NPR, Lehrer died in his Cambridge, MA home. News of his passing was confirmed by his friend David Herder.

Tom Lehrer, the musical comedy legend, mathematician and political satirist, has died at 97. He passed away July 26 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, according to his longtime friend David ...

Tom Lehrer, a Cambridge-based scholar and songwriter with a knack for political satire, died Saturday, July 26 at 97. But his zany songs live on. Lehrer got his comedic start at Harvard University, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at ...

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. This is FRESH AIR. Tom ...