American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97, US media report

American musician and ridicule Tom Lerer died at the age of 97, according to American media reports.

Lehrr, a mathematician who trained at Harvard University, wrote dark humorous songs, often with political connotations, which have become common in the fifties and sixties.

Modern comedians, such as the stranger Al -Yankovic, said they were affected by action.

His death was confirmed to the New York Times by David Herder, a friend.

Lieur was born in Manhattan in 1928, and he was classically trained. But despite his musical success, he spent most of his life to follow the academic circles.

His educational posts included episodes at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California.

He graduated early from Leomis Shafi School in Connecticut, according to the New York Times, then went to Harvard, where he specialized in mathematics and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in 1946, 18 years old. Complete a master’s degree there and also obtained a PhD at Columbia University, which he never completed.

He started writing words while he was at Harvard University to entertain friends.

Lehreer songs include the most sustainable element, a list of chemical elements set on Tune of I as Model of a Mehan Gajor from Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Comic Opera.

Another favorite of the fans of Tango Massocho includes, where the singer destroys the violent emotions of the beloved with the lyrics of songs, “I am in pain the touch of your lips, my dear / but much more than a touch of your whip, my dear …”

He was famous for his dark comic songs, including the epic of necrosis that your hand grabbed, you got from Ashnis – where it sang about the transmission of a reproductive disease – and the poisoning bath in the garden, which detailed the appetite of the birds that appear to “Sudanese beans full of cyanide”.

In 1953, Tom Lehrr’s songs released, a record sold through the post. The word success has become an oral success and sold an estimated half a million copies. The British Broadcasting Corporation has banned most of the songs of the air waves the following year.

After the album’s success, Lehrer started playing in the night clubs in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and in the events of war and left combat groups.

He wrote songs for the American version of the sarcastic British show that was the week that was converted into the 1965 album.

The very controversial Vatican rag was shown, a Catholic hymn in Ragtime, which mocked the church, among other songs condemned nuclear weapons.

The most prominent of this is that we will go together when we go, which includes the words “Oh, we will all make each other when we are transferred / we will be fried potatoes in French thanks to / there will be no more misery / when the world is a distorted / yes, we will all all of them when I transfer.”

He wrote at the educational children’s exhibition in the 1970s, The Electric Company, and in 1980, his songs enjoyed a revival when the theater producer Cameron McCainch organized the music “Tomofolery” that includes his works.

He also taught mathematics and music theater courses at the University of California from 1972 to 2001, according to the New York Times.

In 2020, Lehler put his songs in writing copyright in the public domain, allowing anyone to perform, record or explain his work for free. He also abandoned all rights in his records.

In a statement on his website at the time, he wrote: “In short, I no longer keep any rights for any of my songs. So help you, and do not send me any money.”

He also warned that the site would be “closing at some time in the non -far -long future.” The site was still living at the time of writing this report.