# Tom Lehrer dies at age 97

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [July 27, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-dies-at-age-97/1021386 "2025-07-27T17:38:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-dies-at-age-97/1021386/48 "2025-07-28T12:15:02Z")

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This prediction held up

> [@Tom Lehrer is still alive!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-is-still-alive/731044/3):
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> The secret to his long life - he’s never been married. smiley Lehrer is going to die on the front page of the Times, I’m sure. They still refer to his songs in headlines.

At least, i got a news alert from the NYT, which is basically today’s “front page”.

That whole thread is kinda worth reading with this one.

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