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Glen Hansard, her co-star in the 2007 film Once and collaborator on the Oscar-winning song "Falling Slowly," died on July 29 in a motorcycle crash near Dublin at age 56, renewing public interest in Irglová as his longtime musical partner and fellow Academy Award winner.
Markéta Irglová, a Czech-Icelandic singer-songwriter and Oscar winner, is trending following the death of her "Once" co-star and "Falling Slowly" collaborator Glen Hansard in a motorcycle crash on July 29.
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