Whose Story is running the show? Caroline Pays homage to Tom Lehrer, Many songs: And especially his “Verner von Braun” Quirkily pertinent to us now, and the fate of the world… We delineate the ...

The mathematician-turned-musician wrote songs that, decades later, still make readers laugh.

Before Tom Lehrer opened his mouth, he seemed the image of decency. Sitting at the piano in a tux as sharp as his jawline, looking a little nerdy with his slicked-back hair, large-framed glasses and ...

His topical songs were wildly popular among the college crowd, and many of us committed them to memory along with Bob Dylan’s similarly provocative lyrics.

So farewell, the satirist Tom Lehrer who has died at a ripe old 97. His acidic little ditties shocked and delighted us.