Tom Lehrer, RIP: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html
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@cstross At 97, he died in one of his primes.
@cstross Absolute LEGEND. We were just listening to one of his albums this past week. Which, of course, we could have done online since all his stuff was made available, by him, online for free. Rest in power, king.
@cstross wow, good life.
@cstross RIP. However, he is definitely one I thought was dead years ago.
@cstross Noooooooooooooooooooo
@cstross Aw bugger 🙁
RIP Mr Lehrer
@cstross Not the same as Timothy Leary. Time to play the Masochism Tango
@cstross Dang - he was so good. And that article included way more than I ever knew before.
@cstross dammit. Was my dad's absolute favourite. We had the original 10" records he released.
Singing "rickety tickety tin" in memoriam
@cstross, well, we now know that he's poisoned his last pigeon…
@cstross that is sad news.
@cstross
‘My songs spread like herpes’: why did satirical genius Tom Lehrer swap worldwide fame for obscurity?
@cstross Wit and musicality. My maths teacher in High School introduced us to his songs.
@cstross but he said we'll all go together when we go.
@cstross Wait what he was still alive? Don't expect that from a guy you've only ever seen in black-and-white.
@cstross Ah, balls. A long life well lived. And kudos for releasing all his music into the public domain a few years ago.
@cstross That... hit harder than I thought it would.
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Oh, that's a loss. A truly clever and funny person.
