DUBLIN — 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, his management company said.Fans paid tribute online and Prime Minister Micheál Martin said he was deeply ⁠saddened to hear of the death ​of “a ⁠talented musician and actor who made a significant contribution to Ireland’s cultural landscape over many years.”The singer-songwriter began busking on the ⁠streets of his native Dublin as a teen before forming the popular ​Irish band The Frames in 1990.He released ‌a number of albums under his own name and as part of duo The Swell Season with fellow Oscar winner and “Once” co-star Marketa Irglova.The ‌pair’s performances in the low-budget movie shot on handheld ‌camcorders where a street musician falls in love with a young Czech immigrant and their Oscar-winning duet “Falling Slowly” brought Hansard’s music to a wider audience.The film, which featured a ⁠number of other songs composed and performed by Hansard and Irglova, was turned into a hit Broadway musical version that won eight Tony Awards in 2012.Accepting his Oscar from presenter John Travolta, a stunned Hansard said: “What are we doing here? This is mad.”His only acting experience before “Once” was as a band member in Alan Parker’s 1991 hit “The Commitments.”“With broken hearts ‌we announce the passing of Glen Hansard who passed away, in ​the early hours of this morning, following a road-traffic accident ‌in Dublin,” ATC Management said ⁠in a statement that thanked emergency services.Irish police said a man ⁠in his 50s had died after a single-vehicle motorcycle collision in the west of Dublin. Emergency services ‌were alerted shortly ​before 4:30 a.m. and the man ‌was pronounced dead a short ​time after being treated at the scene.