爱尔兰音乐人Glen Hansard因摩托车事故去世，享年56岁[1]。事故发生在都柏林西部，爱尔兰警方称一名50多岁的男子在该地发生单车摩托车碰撞事故后身亡，事故发生在爱尔兰时间凌晨4点30分之前[1]。Hansard的妻子Maire Saaritsa和三岁的儿子Christy幸存[1]。
Hansard是摇滚乐队The Frames的主唱，于1990年组建该乐队[1]。他在2008年凭电影《Once》中的歌曲《Falling Slowly》获得奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖[1]。他还发起了圣诞夜街头表演，该活动始于2010年，为都柏林西蒙社区慈善机构筹集了超过200万欧元[1]。
音乐界人士纷纷表示哀悼。Bruce Springsteen表示他和乐队"对这位伟大的音乐家、好友和慷慨优雅的人的去世感到心碎"[1]。Bono在X上悼念称Hansard是"街道的声音。一个人身上的天使合唱团"[1]。
Glen Hansard, the frontman of Irish rock band The Frames and an Academy Award-winning songwriter, has died following a motorcycle accident in Dublin. [1] Hansard was 56 years old at the time of his death, which occurred early Wednesday morning before 4:30 a.m. local time on Dublin's west side in a single-vehicle collision. [1] Irish police confirmed that a man in his fifties died in the incident. [1]
Hansard achieved international recognition in 2008 when he won the Oscar for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly" from the film Once. [1] He founded The Frames in 1990 and became a central figure in Ireland's music landscape. [1] Beyond his recording career, Hansard initiated a street performance tradition on Christmas Eve beginning in 2010, which raised more than two million euros for Dublin's Simon Community charity. [1] He is survived by his wife Maire Saaritsa and their three-year-old son Christy. [1]
The music community has mourned his passing. Bruce Springsteen expressed that he and his band were "heartbroken" over the death of "this great musician, our friend and a person of such generosity and grace." [1] Bono paid tribute on X, describing Hansard as "the voice of the streets. An angelic choir in one man." [1]