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Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

A mathematician by training, he acquired a devoted following with songs that set sardonic lyrics to music that was often maddeningly cheerful.

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Comedy and Humor, Deaths (Obituaries), Lehrer, Tom, Mathematics, Music, That Was the Week That Was (TV Program), The Electric Company (TV Program)
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