Kiss’ Ace Frehley’s cause of death revealed

The cause of death of Ace Frehleyoriginal guitarist of Kisswas a brain hemorrhage caused by a recent fall in his studio, as confirmed by his representative, Lori Lousararian. The artist died last Thursday, the 16th, at the age of 74, in New Jersey.

The fall occurred weeks earlier, at his home, and the impact caused a serious brain bleed. Frehley He was immediately hospitalized and started breathing with the help of machines, but has not shown significant improvement since then. According to the portal TMZclose sources revealed that the musician remained on life support until his family decided to turn off the equipment due to his worsening clinical condition.

The artist’s hospitalization had already been reported previously, and many fans followed the evolution of his health condition with apprehension. Now, with the official confirmation of the cause, the episode takes on an even sadder tone for the rock world.

Ace Frehley, the original guitarist for Kiss

Born April 27, 1951, Paul Daniel “Ace” Frehley He started playing guitar at age 13 and grew up in a musical family. In his youth, he was part of several local bands while juggling jobs as a postman, taxi driver and delivery boy.

In 1972, he responded to an advertisement for a guitarist in a new band. It was selected by Paul Stanley (voice and guitar), Gene Simmons (voice and bass) and Peter Criss (drums) after a curious audition in which he appeared “poorly dressed”, according to his colleagues, but surprised with his performance.

He joined the group that adopted the name Kiss in 1973. Frehley created the persona Spaceman (also Space Ace), painting silver stars on his eyes. The band’s double lightning bolt logo is also his.

Ace initially remained in the lineup until 1982, when, amid problems with drug addiction and conflicts with Stanley and Simmonsleft the group.

After leaving the Kissformed the Frehley’s Cometwith which he released two albums, and began a solo career. In 1996, he returned to the masked band for a reunion tour, remaining until 2002.

Frehley was introduced into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a member of Kiss. He was credited for 11 of the group’s studio albums, although he did not play on one (Creatures of the Night1982) and its presence in another (Psycho Circus1998) is limited to just a few tracks. He also released eight studio albums as a solo artist.

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