Ace Frehley Honored at Memorial Attended by Ex-KISS Bandmates

A non-public memorial service for unique KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley was held on Tuesday in Yonkers, New York, and attended by fellow unique Kiss members Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss.

A funeral for Frehley, who died on Oct. 16 on the age of 74, was held the next day.

A supply instructed the Tampa Bay Music Information: “Peter Criss was sobbing. He and Ace have been the most effective of pals. Whereas Gene and Paul have been the enterprise guys, Ace and Peter have been the rock ’n’ roll celebration boys. They have been Kiss’s model of Aerosmith’s Poisonous Twins.”

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Ace Frehley Confronted Well being Problems Main As much as His Demise

Frehley confronted well being issues in his last weeks. The guitarist was hospitalized in late September after falling in his studio, prompting him to cancel a live performance. Shortly thereafter, Frehley canceled his remaining 2025 tour dates resulting from “ongoing medical points.”

Following the autumn in his studio, Frehley reportedly had a second, extra extreme fall, after which he suffered a mind bleed and was positioned on life help.

“We’re fully devastated and heartbroken,” Frehley’s household stated in an announcement. “In his final moments, we have been lucky sufficient to have been in a position to encompass him with loving, caring, peaceable phrases, ideas, prayers and intentions as he left this earth. We cherish all of his best recollections, his laughter, and have a good time his strengths and kindness that he bestowed upon others. The magnitude of his passing is of epic proportions, and past comprehension. Reflecting on all of his unimaginable life achievements, Ace’s reminiscence will proceed to dwell on endlessly!”

KISS Members Pay Tribute to Ace Frehley

KISS members from a number of iterations of the band paid tribute to Frehley following his loss of life. “He was an important and irreplaceable rock soldier throughout a number of the most formative foundational chapters of the band and its historical past,” the group stated in a joint assertion. “He’s and can all the time be part of KISS’s legacy.”