New Delhi, July 29 -- Glen Hansard, the Oscar-winning singer-songwriter who fronted the beloved Irish rock band the Frames and later found global fame through the film "Once", has died at the age of 56 following a motorcycle collision in Dublin.

Glen Hansard's death was confirmed by his representative, ATC Management, via a statement posted to his official website. Irish police issued a release on Wednesday appealing for witnesses to a collision between a motorcycle and a car in the Lucan area of West Dublin, which occurred shortly before 4.30am.

The statement did not name Hansard directly but said, "the motorcyclist, a man in his 50s, was treated at the scene but was pronounced deceased a short time later." Irish news outlets subsequen...