What you need to know
- Glen Hansard, best known for his role in The Commitments and as the frontman of The Frames, has died.
- Oscar-winning musician and actor Glen Hansard has been killed in a motorbike crash in Dublin.
- Oscar-winning musician and actor killed in motorbike crash
- Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash
- Hansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once.
- Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard killed in crash
Glen Hansard, best known for his role in The Commitments and as the frontman of The Frames, has died.
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What happened
Oscar-winning musician and actor Glen Hansard has been killed in a motorbike crash in Dublin.
Oscar-winning musician and actor killed in motorbike crash
Glen Hansard, best known for his role in The Commitments and as the frontman of The Frames, has died.
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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.
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Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash
Glen Hansard, best known for his role in The Commitments and as the frontman of The Frames, has died.
- confirmed
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.
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Glen Hansard, Irish musician who won Oscar for 'Once,' dies in motorcycle crash
Ireland's President Catherine Connolly said he was one of Ireland's great singer-songwriters.
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