Tom Lehrer

(first time I’ve ever linked to an obituary from Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/27/tom-lehrer-song-satirist-dies-at-97-00479485

 

“I spent many, many years satisfying all the requirements [for my doctorate], as many years as possible, and I started on the thesis,” he once said. “But I just wanted to be a grad student, it’s a wonderful life. That’s what I wanted to be, and unfortunately, you can’t be a Ph.D. and a grad student at the same time.”

 

Favorite songs:

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

We Will All Go Together When We Go

The Masochism Tango

The Elements

Oedipus Rex

A Christmas Carol

Clementine

In Old Mexico

Harvard Fight Song

It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier

She's My Girl

Bright College Days

I Got It From Agnes

The Hunting Song

Be Prepared