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Tom Lehrer Dies at 97: Celebrating the Sharp-Witted Satirist Who Redefined Musical Comedy

Tom Lehrer, the Harvard mathematician and satirical songwriter, has died aged 97. Known for sharp wit and classic tracks like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.

International Business Times UK

Tom Lehrer obituary

Singer, songwriter and satirist who eschewed the limelight to return to teaching mathematics

The Guardian - UK

It’s not all haggis and Scotch pies up here

Brief letters: Food at the fringe | A gardener’s worst nightmare | Well-informed voters | Remembering Tom Lehrer | Lionesses/Lions

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‘I’m hoping to be the world’s youngest dirty old man’: the wit of Tom Lehrer, by those who knew him

The musical satirist, who has died aged 97, was famously sharp and funny – but his contemporaries also remember his generosity and humility

The Guardian - US

Cameron Mackintosh in tribute to ‘wry, generous and utterly original’ Tom Lehrer

The West End impresario said US song satirist Lehrer, who has died aged 97, ‘was a very special kind of genius’.

Evening Standard

Tom Lehrer Satirized the National Security State From the Inside

The Cold War comedian and rumored Jell-O shot inventor had a lesser known side as an NSA operative.

Reason

Celebrated musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies aged 97

The mathematician and satirical songwriter was best known for his songs 'The Elements', 'The Masochism Tango' and the Cold War track 'We Will All Go Together When We Go'.

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Tom Lehrer Songs Experience Streaming Spike After Death: Why Vatican Rag, The Masochism Tango Still Hit in 2025

Tom Lehrer dies at 97; songs such as 'Vatican Rag' and 'The Masochism Tango' gain renewed attention through streaming and social media activity.

International Business Times UK

Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies aged 97

Tom Lehrer, a popular song satirist in the Fifties and Sixities, lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching maths at Harvard

The Independent UK

Trump’s mineral grab has all the elements of an earworm

Brief letters: Trumped by Tom Lehrer | The wrong don | Gulf names | Cork house | Doge

The Guardian - UK

Tottenham, Manchester United and a tale of two bin fires

In today’s Football Daily: Respite for Spurs, on the pitch at least

The Guardian - UK

Manchester City v Newcastle and the fear of someone dropping a Pollock

In today’s Football Daily: Which club will revert to type at the Etihad?

The Guardian - UK

“I’d never considered myself a lyric writer, but me and Terry put it together in about 15 minutes. Then, we went to the pub!”: Michael Palin on his most famous musical moment and the “genius” of Neil lnnes

“Neil’s got a songwriting credit on an Oasis track? I can only assume I was on one of my big trips at the time but it just shows you how good his music was,” he says

MusicRadar

Monty Python's Eric Idle is the original Mr Brightside

The Life of Brian star is coming to Newcastle in November

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The Guardian - UK

Tom Lehrer’s subversive wit and wisdom are still relevant today

Letters: Readers respond to Francis Beckett’s article on the great American singer-songwriter who gave up celebrity to teach maths

The Guardian - UK

Small steps towards sustainable gardens

Letters: Chelsea flower show | 3D-printed bricks | Tom Lehrer | Saving on electricity | Electric boilers

The Guardian - UK

‘My songs spread like herpes’: why did satirical genius Tom Lehrer swap worldwide fame for obscurity?

In the 1950s and 60s, his songs stunned and delighted listeners with their irreverence, wit and nihilism. Then he gave it all up to teach mathematics. Lehrer is still alive at 96 – so I went in search of answers

The Guardian - UK

Did you solve it? That’s Mathematics!

The answers to today’s word and number puzzles

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Can you solve it? That’s Mathematics!

When wordplay meets numberplay

The Guardian - UK

Kit Hesketh-Harvey obituary

Writer, broadcaster and half of the renowned cabaret act Kit and the Widow

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Trump's view — How can I make money off it?

What's the difference between songwriter-satirist Tom Lehrer and narcissist ex-President Donald Trump? That's probably not a question you've ever thought to ask.

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