Two of the heroes of my youth died this past week, one at 97 and the other at 103. The youngster was Tom Lehrer. A math genius who wrote and performed naughty patter songs with elegant rhyming schemes ...

Singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, a satirist who gained prominence in the 1950s and 1960s for his acerbic take on politics and social life, has died, according to reports. He was 97. Lehrer died on ...

This is FRESH AIR. Tom Lehrer, the composer and occasional performer of such satirical, often topical songs like "Pollution" and "Vatican Rag," died last week at the age of 97. Our TV critic David ...

FILE - Musician Tom Lehrer sits beside the piano in his house in Santa Cruz, Calif., on April 21, 2000. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who ...

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. This is FRESH AIR. Tom ...

Tom Lehrer, the mathematician and song satirist who had a massive musical influence in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97. Lehrer passed away Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ...

Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite 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 ...