“First you get down on your knees, fiddle with your rosaries Bow your head with great respect and, Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!” Tom Lehrer died on Saturday. The world is a little less smart, and ...

Last week, "South Park" showed President Trump in bed with Satan — his genitalia showing — and barely rated a shrug. Current events had simply gotten too grotesque, even for him. The humorist and ...

Tom Lehrer, a satirical songwriter known for witty songs about politics and society, has died at 97 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He left show business in the 1960s to teach math at Harvard, MIT, and ...

Recently I noted and lamented the passing of a funny math guy — my kind of person and idol. You may never have heard of him or understood him if you knew his work. His humor weapon of choice was ...

Fame is a drug, fed by attention, applause and money. Those who become addicted sometimes have a desperate need to hold on, even as the talents that brought renown begin to fade and eventually ...

Tom Lehrer, the American singer-songwriter who became well known for his biting and satirical songs on social and political topics in the 1960s, died at the age of 97 last month at his home in ...

Born in Manhattan on April 9, 1928, Lehrer carved out a unique niche as both a Harvard-trained mathematician and a musical provocateur. His biting wit and sharp lyrics made songs like “Poisoning ...

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 ...

Last week, "South Park" showed President Trump in bed with Satan — his genitalia showing — and barely rated a shrug. That's why Tom Lehrer, the most wicked political satirist of his generation, closed ...