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‘Once’ Oscar winner and Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash
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LONDON (AP) — Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who won an Academy Award for the 2007 film “Once,” died in a motorcycle crash on the outskirts of Dublin early Wednesday, his management said.
Irish police said a man in his 50s died in single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Lucan, on the western outskirts of the Irish capital, before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.
“Once,” a love story about two struggling musicians, was later adapted for Broadway, again with songs by Hansard and Irglová.
He became famous for leading the Christmas Eve busk outside Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre, where members of the public gathered to see famous Irish musicians perform in aid of a homelessness charity.
___A previous version of this story incorrectly stated Hansard was awarded an Oscar in 2007.