'Once' star Glen Hansard dies in crash in Ireland

January 2015 was legendary singer-songwriter Glen Hansard’s last trip to Seoul.

It was a memorable one filled with tears of joy as Korean people flocked to see the “Once” star.

Hansard called out “Bo-go-si-peo-yo, I missed you” in broken Korean to a full house in the Grand Theater of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts 11 years ago.

Now after his sad passing in a motorcycle accident in Dublin in the early hours of Wednesday, it's our turn to say “we’ll miss you.” The Oscar-winning songwriter died aged 56 in a motorcycle crash near Chapelizod in Dublin, Ireland.

"With broken hearts we announce the passing of Glen Hansard.

Glen's family is deeply shocked and heartbroken by this tragic loss," ATC Management said in a statement.

Born in Ballymun, Dublin, on April 21, 1970, Hansard left school at the age of 13 without much prospects.

He said he turned his life around by teaching himself how to play guitar and write songs, while listening to his idols, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.

He went from busking on the streets of his hometown of Dublin to success with his band The Fr ...