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Glen Hansard Dead At 56

Glen Hansard, the Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter and actor who rose to fame fronting the Frames and starring in The Commitments, then gained greater notoriety through the movie Once and the related musical project the Swell Season, has died. Hansard died in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in the west of Dublin, which was reported to emergency services shortly before 4:30 a.m. local time, the BBC reports. He was 56. The post Glen Hansard Dead At 56 appeared first on Stereogum.

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21:56 on July 29 2026

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