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Singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, who gained prominence for his political satire, has reportedly died at the age of 97.
Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his ...
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Tom Lehrer died on Saturday, aged 97. His album That Was the Year That Was records a live performance, including his ...
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It’s very flattering that people remember the songs and have kept them alive all these years,” Mr. Lehrer told The Boston ...
Lehrer, who died Saturday, was a Harvard-educated math prodigy whose satirical music was everything my nerdy teenage self ...
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The mathematician, songwriter and imp has died at 97.
The legendary satirist who rose to fame in the ’50s and ’60s with darkly funny songs about war, politics, and society has ...