Comedian Mort Sahl Dies at Age 94

Comedian Mort Sahl speaks to people off-camera in a private room at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, Calif., on Aug. 14, 2014. Josh Edelson/Reuters

Comedian Mort Sahl, who was widely considered the father of modern political satire, died on Tuesday. He was 94.

His friend Lucy Mercer said that he died “peacefully” at his home in Mill Valley, California. The cause was “old age,” she said.