Irish musician with Czech connections Glen Hansard dies at 56

Irish musician Glen Hansard, who won an Oscar with Czech singer Markéta Irglová for the song Falling Slowly, has died at the age of 56 after a motorbike accident in Dublin.

Hansard first played in Czechia with his band The Frames in 1996 and returned numerous times over the years to play in Prague and many places around the country, including as part of the act The Swell Season with Irglová.