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DUBLIN (AP) — Hundreds of mourners including Irish musicians and entertainers filled a Dublin cathedral on Tuesday for the funeral of Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who died in a motorcycle crash last week at the age of 56. Actors Steve Coogan and Chris O’Dowd and...

“I choose to believe that there is good in people and that everything is a lesson. Our place on Earth is to go deeper, to somehow get wiser. To have spirit.” - Glen Hansard A few days ago, the news came crashing onto me: Glen Hansard, rest in peace. How? I mean what the hell? I only recently...

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. He was 56. ATC Management told broadcaster RTE Hansard’s family was “deeply shocked and...

“So this is what you’ve been waiting for,” goes a line from one of Glen Hansard’s songs. Which hits differently now, now that I’ve seen the man himself perform live last April 9th at The Bowery Ballroom in the Lower East Side of New York City. Those reading this column would know Glen,...