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… He died in a motorcycle crash in Lucan on the outskirts of Dublin, early on Wednesday morning.

Culture | The Guardian reports that 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 report adds: 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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