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Julie Shannon, composer of 'Christmas Schooner,' is dead at 71

Julie Shannon, a resident of Glenview and the composer and lyricist of the beloved Chicago holiday musical “The Christmas Schooner,” died Wednesday from cancer, said John Reeger, her longtime friend and collaborator. Also a former schoolteacher in the Deerfield public schools, Shannon was 71.

Chris Jones

September 12, 2012

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