Thanks to Gary McGath for relaying this news via his Bluesky feed.
NYT Obituary:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html
A tribute song from 1978 written by filker Robert Osband, who himself
passed away a few years ago. Lyrics transcribed from a scan of page 174
of the NESFA hymnal, the scan also kindly supplied by Gary a while back.
WHATEVER BECAME OF TOM LEHRER?
Tune: Whatever became of Hubert? (
https://youtu.be/hF3sEZ7M4h0 )
By Robert Osband, Copyright 1978
Whatever became of Tom Lehrer?
Has anyone heard a thing?
Is he dead? Still a Prof?
Does he make bucks enough, that he don't need that stuff he sings?
A satirical, jocular singer
Who's been through the political wringer,
It is hard to record a new disc
When Harvard brings down its big fist.
Whatever's become of you, Thomas?
We miss you, so tell us please:
It is Harvard, your boss,
Why you're gathering moss
While your waiting applause lies in freeze?
Does Tommy, recalling when he was big time,
Think "They won't like my singing,
For my songs, give a dime."
We all think that a comeback is due!
Tom Lehrer, what happened to you?
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