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Tom Lehrer escaped the transience of satire

How Tom Lehrer Escaped the Transience of Satire

Tom Lehrer, who died on Saturday, and whose firefly-brief targets are still alight mostly through the mockery he aimed at them.

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Tom Lehrer, songwriter and influential political satirist, dies at 97: Reports

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Tom Lehrer’s influence on political satire is still playing out today

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Tom Lehrer, political song satirist and mathematician, dead at 97

Tom Lehrer, the mathematician and song satirist who had a massive musical influence in the 1950s and 1960s, has died.

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Tom Lehrer, who died July 26, was a satirist ahead of his time

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Tom Lehrer, song satirist and Harvard mathematician, dies at 97

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Influential Song Satirist Tom Lehrer Passes Away at 97

He became very popular during the ’50s and the ’60s, often using his songs to make political commentaries in a humorous way.

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Tom Lehrer, sardonic lyrical satirist and mathematician, dead at 97

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Musical Satirist Tom Lehrer Dead at 97

Tom Lehrer, wickedly funny musical satirist whose subversive ditties caused outrage and delight

Tom Lehrer, who has died aged 97, wrote and performed such subversive ditties as Poisoning Pigeons in the Park and The Masochism Tango, and was a sensation during the satire boom of the 1950s.

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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 Tom Lehrer, the musical comedy legend, who has died at the age of 97. Lehrer died on July 26 at his home in Cambridge,

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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 craved.

Why today’s toothless comedians can’t compare to Tom Lehrer

If you’ve ever laughed at a satirical song, whether watching a panel show, a live comedy gig or on Radio 4, there’s a good chance that it would not have existed without Tom Lehrer, the brilliant mathematician and musician who has died at the age of 97.