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Tom Lehrer shut up far too early
For more than half a century, fans have been lamenting the now late satirist’s long silence – so why did he stop singing?
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telegraph.co.uk
Tom Lehrer, wickedly funny musical satirist whose subversive ditties caused outrage and delight
His songs were banned in US schools after protests by Roman Catholics over The Vatican Rag (‘Two four six eight/ Time to transubstantiate’)
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theguardian.com
Tom Lehrer, acclaimed musical satirist of cold war era, dies aged 97
A child prodigy in mathematics who graduated Harvard at just 19, his darkly prophetic and cynical show tunes won him a cult following in the 50s and 60s
