Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin early Wednesday, his management said. “With broken hearts, we announce the passing of Glen Hansard in the early hours of this morning,” ATC Management said in a statement to CBS News. Hansard again combined music and acting in the 2007 indie musical film “Once,” co-writing the movie’s songs with Markéta Irglová. In August 2025, he and Irglová performed songs from “Forward,” their first album as The Swell Season in 16 years. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said he was “deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Glen Hansard.”