Bruce Springsteen, Bono and Finneas O’Connell are among the musicians remembering Glen Hansard.
The Irish singer-songwriter, who co-wrote the Oscar-winning “Falling Slowly” from Once, died in a motorcycle crash early Wednesday morning near his native Dublin. He was 56.
The death of the Frames frontman has sparked a number of tributes from across the entertainment industry.
Bono penned a lengthy essay about Hansard, beginning, “Sometimes I would wonder if Glen Hansard really existed…”
He then recalled his kindness and busking past, writing in part, “He really was who you thought he was. He could never walk by a person living rough without checking they were OK… and more than that, he worked very hard so that less people had to live on the streets in the first place.”
