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

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

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

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

Tom Lehrer, the sardonic singer-songwriter-pianist who rose to national fame after his dark, tartly funny topical songs were ...

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 ...