Photo: Ted Streshinsky/Getty Images Musician and political satirist Tom Lehrer died Saturday, July 26. He was 97. According to NPR, Lehrer died in his Cambridge, MA home. News of his passing was confirmed by his friend David Herder. Lehrer was the forerunner of musical comedians like Weird Al Yankovic, Rachel Bloom, and the Lonely Island. Yankovic tributed Lehrer on Sunday, writing “My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.” Like so many comedians, Lehrer got his start by going to Harvard. He wrote and recorded his...
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