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Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97

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Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97

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News@lemmy.world · 9 days ago

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Tom Lehrer songs included “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” “The Old Dope Peddler,” “Be Prepared” and “The Vatican Rag,” in which he poked at the rites and ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church.

RIP.

NYT obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html

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The reason why I assume a certain number of lemmy users can name every element of the periodic table
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  Almost every, since he wrote that song more have been discahvered
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  It’s one of the reasons Dan Radcliffe got cast to play Weird Al.
  
  Here’s the clip from Graham Norton: https://youtu.be/rSAaiYKF0cs

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