Musician Glen Hansard due to play in Limerick in November has died
Renowned musician Glen Hansard has died in a single motorcycle collision in Dublin
OSCAR winning musician Glen Hansard, has died in a motorcycle collision in Lucan, Dublin in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday, July 29.
He died at around 4.30am following the single vehicle collision near Strawberry Beds, between Tinkers Hill and Rugged Lane.
Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the collision in the early hours of this morning and Glen Hansard received treatment at the scene before being pronounced dead a short time later.
The 56-year-old is best known as being the front man for The Frames and his work on the movie Once in 2006.
Married with one child, the singer lived between Ireland and Finland, as that’s where his wife is from.
His journey with music began in the 80s when he started busking as a young teenager and he formed The Frames in 1990.
The Frames opened for Bob Dylan in 2007 and he shot to international fame with the film Once in 2006 with Markéta Irglová.
The feature song from the film ‘Falling Slowly’ won an Academy Award for best original song and Once the Musical debuted off Broadway in 2011, going on to win eight Tony awards.
In 2012, Hansard released a debut album and was nominated for a Grammy after that.