Irish musician Glen Hansard, who won a Best Original Song Oscar in 2008 for the indie film Once and was lead singer for rock group The Frames, died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 56 early on Wednesday (Jul 29), his management company said. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin described him as an artist "who made a significant contribution to Ireland's cultural landscape". The band's popularity at home helped make their lead singer a fixture on the Irish music scene for the next four decades. A choir of angels in one man," Bono said. Irish police said a man in his 50s had died after a single-vehicle motorcycle collision in the west of Dublin.