Tom Lehrer, a popular musical satirist who rose to fame in the 1950s and '60s before returning to a career teaching math, has died at age 97.
Lehrer died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Mass., his friend David Herder confirmed to NPR.
He was remembered across the entertainment industry on Sunday, including by “Weird Al” Yankovic, who called Lehrer a “living musical hero” in a social media post on Sunday.
Was it antimony? Arsenic? Aluminum? Selenium?
Another angel is poisoning pigeons in paradise today.
Wow! I’m embarrassed to admit I didn’t know he was still alive until this. Really was a pioneer in musical comedy. I still like to use New Math to confuse people, and of course his song about Wernher von Braun is legendary.
97… We should all be so lucky.
Now that’s a shame. His music is hilarious.
Rip he was a legend.
I think he placed his songs in the public domain a few years ago.
I hear he got it from Agnes.
Nobody better start poisoning pigeons at his funeral.
Could be worse… Could do the masochism tango!
