Tom Lehrer songs included “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” “The Old Dope Peddler,” “Be Prepared” and “The Vatican Rag,” in ...

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

Hanukkah in Santa Monica” debuted in 1990, well after Lehrer’s peak as a performer, on a come-from-retirement performance on Garrison Keillor’s radio show.

That first album soon sold 350,000, fueled primarily by word of mouth, especially on college campuses. Most Chicagoans first ...

Thomas A. Lehrer ’47 — a beloved musician and mathematics instructor who set sardonic commentary to upbeat piano melodies — ...

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

The musical humorist used his Army experience as the basis for several of his songs, and in turn worked in references to his ...

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

The legendary satirist who rose to fame in the ’50s and ’60s with darkly funny songs about war, politics, and society has ...

Reports about the death of singer-songwriter and satirist Tom Lehrer have surfaced online. He was a Harvard-educated ...

To try and top their retellings of Lehrer’s legacy would be folly. Instead, the story to be told here is one that clarifies ...

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 ...