Tom Lehrer, the Harvard-trained mathematician whose wickedly iconoclastic songs made him a favorite satirist in the 1950s and '60s on college campuses and in all the Greenwich Villages of the country, died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 97.
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
-- Al Yankovic (@alyankovic.bsky.social) Jul 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Tom Lehrer gave away his songs, relinquishing all copyrights, claims, anything (tomlehrersongs.com).
I've been listening to Tom Lehrer's recordings since his first album was a sort of underground sensation - a very savvy older sister-in-law involved in the entertainment industry on both coasts loved playing those wickedly subversive songs so much - and over the years I came to "get" the songs. Thanks, Professor, you done good.
I cheered at the banderilleros' display
As they stuck the bull in their own clever way
For I hadn't had so much fun since the day
My brother's dog Rover
Got run over
(Spoken)
Rover was killed by a Pontiac. And it was done with such grace and artistry that the witnesses awarded the driver both ears and the tail " but I digress...
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