Tom Lehrer retired from singing and performing in 1967. His idea was to perform to audiences and get a good recording of the ...

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"Only Russell, like Lehrer, pierced political pomposities with a piano as his stiletto," Brady writes.

Thomas A. Lehrer ’47 — a beloved musician and mathematics instructor who set sardonic commentary to upbeat piano melodies — died on July 26. He was 97.

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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.