Tom Lehrer, a famous musical satirical and an outstanding mathematician, died. He was 97 years old.
According The New York Times, His friend David Herder told The Daily that his body was found at his home in Cambridge on Saturday.
The work of the deceased musician became a success in the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by humorous themes that pointed to politics, marriage and racism.
Later, artists like Randy Newman, Weird Al Yankovic and Harry Shearer were influenced by their albums, including successful songs Rudiments and Tango masochism.
He also wrote a bite satire for the NBC program That was the week that waseither TW3that increased its popularity.
However, Tom, who had studied piano since the age of 7, did not look for music for a long time, since he was absorbed in his academic work, teaching Harvard students, the University of California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Variety He informed that once he told a audience member: “I don’t like people to have the idea that I have to do this to live. I mean, it’s not as if I had to do this. I could be doing, Oh, $ 3,000 a year just teaching.”
Born in Manhattan in 1928, Tom never married or had children.
