American satirical singer-songwriter, Tom Lehrer, cutting a cake in the shape of a woman's hand while backstage at the Palace Theatre, London, 13th May 1959. The cake alludes to Lehrer's macabre song, 'I Hold Your Hand in Mine'. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Tom Lehrer, the influential musical satirist and educator, died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His friend David Herder confirmed the news. Lehrer was 97.
