{"id":230164,"date":"2025-10-16T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/230164\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T23:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:39:09","slug":"kiss-founding-member-and-guitarist-ace-frehley-dead-at-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/230164\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiss founding member and guitarist Ace Frehley dead at 74"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/ace-frehley-new-album-spaceman-reconnecting-with-kiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kiss founding member<\/a> Ace Frehley has died after suffering injuries from a fall last month. He was 74.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Frehley&#8217;s family confirmed his death to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are completely\u00a0devastated and heartbroken. In his last moments, we were fortunate enough to have been able to surround him with loving, caring, peaceful words, thoughts, prayers and intentions as he left this earth,&#8221; the statement from his family said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cherish all of his finest memories, his laughter, and celebrate his strengths and kindness that he bestowed upon others. The magnitude of his passing is of epic proportions, and beyond comprehension. Reflecting on all of his incredible life achievements, Ace\u2019s memory will continue to live on forever!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/kiss-rocker-gene-simmons-passes-out-behind-wheel-crashes-parked-car-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">KISS ROCKER GENE SIMMONS PASSES OUT BEHIND WHEEL AND CRASHES INTO PARKED CAR: REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ace-frehley.jpg\" alt=\"Ace Frehley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Kiss founding member Ace Frehley has reportedly died. He was 74. (Tim Mosenfelder\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Frehley passed away peacefully surrounded by family in Morristown, New Jersey, following a recent fall at his home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/10\/16\/kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-life-support-brain-bleed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TMZ <\/a>reported earlier on Thursday that Frehley was on life support after suffering from a brain bleed from the fall a few weeks ago. He had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/rod-stewart-devastated-multiple-concert-cancellations-ongoing-illness-threatens-tour-dates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cancel his tour dates <\/a>and the outlet reported that his condition had not improved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/hollywood-stars-who-died-2025-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO DIED IN 2025: PHOTOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-483898449.jpg\" alt=\"Ace Frehley and Gene Simmons\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ace Frehley, left, and Gene Simmons of Kiss speak onstage at the 29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in April 2014. (Kevin Kane\/WireImage for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ace-frehley-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ace Frehley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ace Frehley performed on stage during Alice Cooper&#8217;s 19th Annual Christmas Pudding Fundraiser in 2021. (Photo by Daniel Knighton\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frehley was a founding member of Kiss, alongside Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss. Frehley was a member of the group from 1973 until he left in 1982. He then embarked on a solo career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kiss-band-getty.jpg\" alt=\"KISS band\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss and Gene Simmons of the rock band Kiss in 1975. (Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>His band, Frehley&#8217;s Comet, played for four years from 1984 until 1988. He rejoined the group in 1996 and was a member until 2002.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/mailto:janelle.ash@fox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">janelle.ash@fox.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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