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Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Once star, dies in Dublin motorcycle crash at 56

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Source: The Guardian
Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Once star, dies in Dublin motorcycle crash at 56
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Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter behind the Frames and the Oscar-winning Once, has died at 56 after a motorcycle crash near Dublin's Lucan. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Falling Slowly from Once, which was adapted into a stage musical, and led the Frames on six studio albums including Burn the Maps.

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