Bono, Eddie Vedder Among Mourners at the Funeral of Oscar-Winning Songwriter Glen Hansard
Hozier, Bono and other musicians joined fans as thousands attended the service for the 56-year-old singer after a motorcycle crash last week.
- Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Glen Hansard, frontman of Irish band The Frames, at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin on Tuesday.
- Hansard, 56, died in a motorcycle crash last week on the outskirts of Dublin, hours after performing at The Wren's Nest pub.
- Bono, Imelda May, and actor Steve Coogan joined hundreds of fans outside the Cathedral, where large screens broadcast the service to mourners.
- A public wake was held on Monday at the Baroque Chapel in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, where thousands of mourners paid respects.
- Hansard starred in The Commitments and won an Oscar for 'Falling Slowly'; he led an annual Christmas Eve charity busk at the Gaiety Theatre for 16 years.
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The Irish artist had won the Oscar of the best original song for the movie "Once" with the title "Falling Slowly" in 2008.
Open to the public but with very limited access as the crowd was immense, the Irish artist's funeral took place on Tuesday at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.
Dublin. Hundreds of people, including musicians and artists, filled a Dublin cathedral on Tuesday for the funeral of Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who died last week at the age of 56 in a motorcycle accident.
The whole of Ireland mourns Glen Hansard – but especially the words of his wife Maire go under the skin. At the funeral she says goodbye to the late musician with an emotional declaration of love.
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