Glen Hansard, the Irish musician who starred in the 2007 film “Once” and won the best original song Oscar for “Falling Slowly,” died on Wednesday in a motorcycle crash. In 2007, he starred alongside his Swell Season bandmate, Czech singer Markéta Irglová, in the low-budget musical drama “Once.” The film’s breakout duet, “Falling Slowly,” won them the Oscar for best original song at the 80th Academy Awards. Born and raised in Dublin, Hansard quit school at 13 to begin busking and formed the Frames in 1990. In 2025, he released another Swell Season album with Irglová, titled “Forward.”