Tom Lehrer, a mathematician by trade whose snarky, sardonic lyrics made him a famous satirist during the 1950s and ‘60s, died on July 26. He was 97. Lehrer died 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 ...