Piano-playing political satirist Mark Russell passes away at 90.

Mark Russell, a political satirist who entertained audiences for six decades with his musical parodies and professorial tomfoolery that poked fun at politicians and captured the silly side of Washington, has died at the age of 90. He was a master of political satire who stood at a star-spangled piano and kept the cognoscenti in stitches. He was the resident onstage wit at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington for 20 years, and for 30 years, he hosted comedy specials on PBS.