{"id":14352,"date":"2025-10-23T23:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/14352\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T23:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:40:26","slug":"kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-laid-to-rest-in-bronx-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/14352\/","title":{"rendered":"KISS guitarist Ace Frehley laid to rest in Bronx funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KISS co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQIR9y5iQJs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ace Frehley was buried in the Bronx<\/a> on Wednesday following a private memorial Tuesday, with both events being attended by his former bandmates.<\/p>\n<p>Rock-and-roll historian Eddie Trunk said he was a part of the \u201csmall group of family and close friends\u201d \u2014 including original KISS members Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss \u2014\u00a0who bid farewell to Frehley with the two separate services this week.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/10\/16\/kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-life-support-brain-bleed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">74-year-old guitarist died last Thursday in New Jersey<\/a> after suffering a recent fall that reportedly led to a brain bleed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQIaK9cDSqM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ace Frehley was laid to rest in a cemetery<\/a> in the Bronx, New York \u2014 of course, where he grew up, very close to where his parents were buried, which were his wishes,\u201d Trunk said in a video posted to Instagram Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trunk didn\u2019t name the specific location, though the Tampa Bay Music News reported he was buried at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodlawn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Woodlawn Cemetery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s private service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tampabaymusicnews\/posts\/pfbid0E5F6MHx5p6Sno5BpfYgPjKba9Hha8W5g4DCeHWgkDnWxAthErVbESD9n8uDQjr1hl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was reportedly held in Yonkers<\/a>, where Frehley lived in the 1980s, according to the outlet. The memorial was attended by about 75 people, \u201cmostly musicians who had played with Ace [or] recorded with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trunk said Frehley\u2019s family has given him their blessing to throw a tribute show for Frehley fans, but warned that won\u2019t happen before next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing at all to share yet on this, but when there is you will for sure know about it,\u201d he said in the video. \u201cI think it\u2019s important for Ace\u2019s legacy, his fans and the countless guitar players he influenced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/10\/22\/kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-death-under-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">investigation is currently underway to finalize Frehley\u2019s cause of death<\/a>.\u00a0TMZ reported Sunday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/10\/22\/kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-death-under-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a toxicology report<\/a> and external examination are expected to be completed soon.<\/p>\n<p>Frehley is survived by his wife Jeanette and daughter Monique.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KISS co-founder Ace Frehley was buried in the Bronx on Wednesday following a private memorial Tuesday, with both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[5535,128,10686,10687,5537,2538,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-14352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-ace-frehley","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-eddie-trunk","11":"tag-funeral","12":"tag-kiss","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-the-bronx","18":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","19":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}