Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard killed in crash

BBC News Wednesday 29 July 2026, 11:27 UTC 1 min read

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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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Frontman of chart-topping band the Frames had huge success as the star of 2007 romantic drama OnceGlen 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 for his injuries but died a short time later.

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