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Tom Lehrer(1928-2025)

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  • Composer
  • Actor
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Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer was born on 9 April 1928 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for A Gathering of Eagles (1963), Marty Back Together Again (1974) and The Cure (2011). He died on 26 July 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
BornApril 9, 1928
DiedJuly 26, 2025(97)
BornApril 9, 1928
DiedJuly 26, 2025(97)
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Known for

Rock Hudson and Mary Peach in A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
A Gathering of Eagles
6.1
  • Soundtrack
  • 1963
Marty Back Together Again
TV Series
  • Music Department
Michele Errico, Giuseppe Russo, and Giglia Marra in The Cure (2011)
The Cure
Short
  • Soundtrack
  • 2011
The Gateway Bug (2017)
The Gateway Bug
7.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 2017

Credits

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Music Department

  • Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (2025)
    Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
    Short
    • music
    • 2025
  • Alex Sebastian Laibach in Romansinfrabelic Break Fast (2024)
    Romansinfrabelic Break Fast
    Short
    • performer
    • 2024
  • I Hold Your Hand in Mine (2022)
    I Hold Your Hand in Mine
    Short
    • music
    • 2022
  • The Life and Times of Death (2019)
    The Life and Times of Death
    Short
    • musician
    • 2019
  • The Life and Times of Death: Prologue (2018)
    The Life and Times of Death: Prologue
    Video
    • musician
    • 2018
  • Rodney Brooks, Robert Krulwich, Jacob Ward, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sherry Turkle, Carla Wohl, Ziya Tong, Kristi Curry Rogers, David Pogue, Raymond Rogers, Mary Schweitzer, Peter Standring, Manel Esteller, Derek Briggs, Brian Hare, David Spergel, Jim Gillogly, Chad Cohen, James Sanborn, Jennifer Wittmeyer, Ed Scheidt, Elonka Dunin, Said Musa, Arlie Petters, Bernice Waight, Jean-Pierre Issa, and Randy Jirtle in Nova ScienceNow (2005)
    Nova ScienceNow
    8.5
    TV Series
    • music theme
    • 2006
  • Marty Back Together Again
    TV Series
    • composer: songs
    • 1974

Composer

  • Alex Sebastian Laibach in Romansinfrabelic Break Fast (2024)
    Romansinfrabelic Break Fast
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2024
  • The Electric Company (1971)
    The Electric Company
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1971–1977
  • Steve Allen, 1965 - Copyright 1968, 2000 MPTV.NET - photo credit: Gabi Rona
    That Was the Week That Was
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1963–1985

Actor

  • Pollution (1967)
    Pollution
    8.1
    Short
    • Bird (voice)
    • 1967

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • April 9, 1928
    • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • July 26, 2025
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA(undisclosed)
  • Parents
      Morris James Lehrer
  • Relatives
    • Barry William Waller Lehrer(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Album: "That Was the Year that Was" Reprise/Warner Bros. Records 27434, 1965.
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Was erroneously reported as being dead so many times that he kept a scrapbook of articles mentioning him as "the late Tom Lehrer".
  • Quotes
    It is a sobering thought that when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.

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