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'''Mary Theresa Schmich''' (born November 29, 1953) is an American journalist who has been a [[columnist]] for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' from 1992, winning the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 2012. She wrote the comic strip ''[[Brenda Starr (comic strip)|Brenda Starr]]'' for the last 28 of its 60 years and she wrote the 1997 column, immediately famous, that is usually called "[[Wear Sunscreen]]".
 
==Biography==
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In 1998, Schmich published the column as a book, ''[[Wear Sunscreen]]''. In 1999, [[Baz Luhrmann]] released a song called "[[Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)]]" in which this column is read word for word as written by Schmich, who gave permission and receives royalties. This song was a number one hit in several countries.
 
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