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Hansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once.
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Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard killed in crash
Hansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once.
Guardian
Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies aged 56 in motorcycle crash
Frontman of chart-topping band the Frames had huge success as the star of 2007 romantic drama Once Glen Hansard, the Irish folk-rock musician and actor who fronted the band the Frames and had Oscar-winning success with the 2007 film Once , has died aged 56. He died in a motorcycle crash in Lucan on the outskirts of Dublin, early on Wednesday morning. Without naming him, Irish police said he was treated at the scene…
Sky News – World Sky
Oscar-winning musician and actor killed in motorbike crash
Oscar-winning musician and actor Glen Hansard has been killed in a motorbike crash in Dublin.