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Glen Hansard, the Irish musician who starred in the 2007 film “Once” and won the best original song Oscar for “Falling Slowly,” died on Wednesday in a motorcycle crash. He was 56.
According to the BBC, Hansard was killed
in a single-vehicle crash in his home city of Dublin on Wednesday. The accident was reported to emergency services around 4:30 a.m.
Hansard was best known as the frontman of Irish rock band The Frames and for starring in the 2007 low-budget musical drama “Once” alongside Markéta Irglová. The critically acclaimed film, written and directed by John Carney, followed two struggling musicians in Dublin who fall in love. Hansard and Irglová had previously performed together as the folk band Swell Season, and composed and performed all of the movie’s original music. The film’s breakout duet, “Falling Slowly,” won them the Oscar for best original song at the 80th Academy Awards.
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