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Singer pens song for family of Winnipeg girl

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WINNIPEG – Singer-actor Harry Connick Jr. has written a song in memory of a former Winnipeg girl who was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last December.

Connick says he hopes sales of “Love Wins” will help Ana Grace Marquez-Greene’s family.

The six-year-old and her parents had relocated to Connecticut from Winnipeg not long before a gunman opened fire at the school, killing 20 children and six staff members.

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She was the daughter of jazz saxphonoist Jimmy Greene, who taught at the University of Manitoba, and his wife, Nelba Marquez-Greene, who worked at the University of Winnipeg.

Connick says the song will also be part of his new album Every Man Should Know, to be released Tuesday.

On his Facebook page, Connick describes Jimmy Greene as “my longtime friend and band member.”

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The family’s young son, Isaiah, was also at the school that day but was not injured.

Connick says 100 per cent of the proceeds from the song will go to the family to help them “get through this difficult time.”

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