{"id":86743,"date":"2025-10-17T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/86743\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:46:08","slug":"kiss-original-lead-guitarist-and-founding-member-ace-frehley-dies-at-74-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/86743\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiss original lead guitarist and founding member Ace Frehley dies at 74 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Kiss who captivated audiences with his elaborate makeup and smoke-filled guitar, has died aged 74.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Frehley died peacefully surrounded by family in Morristown, New Jersey, on Thursday following a recent fall, according to his agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Family members said in a statement that they are \u201ccompletely devastated and heartbroken\u201d but will cherish his laughter and celebrate the kindness he bestowed upon others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Kiss, whose hits include Rock and Roll All Nite and Detroit Rock City, were known for their intense stage shows, which included fireworks, smoke and eruptions of fake blood performed by band members with black-and-white painted faces, platform boots and black wigs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Frehley and his bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. &#8211; AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Kiss who captivated audiences with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,31212],"class_list":{"0":"post-86743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-irish-presidential-election-pa2025"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}