Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely ...

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

Mathematician/musician's darkly comic lyrics in the Fifties and Sixties inspired fans like "Weird Al" Yankovic, Steely Dan, ...

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

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

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.

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

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

Alison Kaplan fell for Tom Lehrer's parody songs long before she met Mark Russell. Then she fell for Russell's parodies – and ...

The mathematician-turned-musician wrote songs that, decades later, still make readers laugh.

Musician and satirist Tom Lehrer stuck his alma mater into his music. Here's all the times he was singing about Harvard.

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 ...