Tom Lehrer has died.

[Eyesopenwideawake]

Nope, I'd never heard of him either but he was AMAZING!!

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well, he was no Victoria Wood

He did the Periodic Table song. It's what he's most famous for. Thought he'd died decades ago TBF, he was big a very long time ago.

Many decades ago my elder sister had an LP of his hilarious songs, but what perhaps tickled me most was printed on the back of the sleeve: ‘To clean record, use a fairly dry Martini’. 😂

There is already a thread about this.

He was a legend.

Care to link? Because it's not on the first page of Chat.

You're right, he was far better.

Aww, I love the elements song. My grandpa introduced me to Flanders and Swann and Tom Lehrer and I'll always have a soft spot for that kind of thing.

Allow me 😁

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5381284-tom-lehrers-died

Tom Lehrer was a genius. I have loved his songs for the last 40+ years. So clever and funny - still make me laugh now.