Glen Hansard, Once Film Star and Oscar-Winning Songwriter, Dies at 56
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter, actor and Academy Award winner whose heartfelt folk-rock compositions and performance in the 2007 film Once inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name, has died. According to the BBC, Hansard died on July 29 following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in his hometown of Dublin. He was 56. Hansard first emerged as the frontman of the Irish rock band Th…