
Legendary KISS guitarist, Ace FrehleyHe died on Thursday, October 16, after his family made the difficult decision to take him off a ventilator… and now his cause of death has been revealed, TMZ reports.
American media confirmed that Ace died as a result of Head trauma Caused by a fall.
According to the coroner’s report in Morris County, New Jersey, the guitarist suffered injuries Fracture in the back of the skulltogether Subdural hematomain addition to A ictus. His manner of death has been classified as an accident.
The 74-year-old musician was placed on life support after suffering a severe fall in the studio which caused him to collapse Brain hemorrhage. According to the report, an operation was performed to remove the internal bleeding, but to no avail.
Last March, Ace was smiling when he talked about his comeback after a serious arm injury. In an interview with a New Jersey newspaper AquariusHe said:
“I just spoke to a psychic. She told me: “Ace, you will live to be a hundred years old.”. I said: No problem!
It was ace Founding member of KISSJoin Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Chris. He played guitar with the band from 1973 to 1982, but left the band due to addiction issues and creative differences.
The band members took on the personas of comic book characters: Frehley was known as Space ace and Space man.
Born in New York and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Frehley often experimented with pyrotechnics, making his guitars glow, They spit smoke and fired missiles.
“We are devastated by the death of Ace Frehley,” Simmons and Stanley said in a joint statement. “It was necessary and An irreplaceable rock solider During some of the formative and basic chapters of the band and its history. “It is and will always be a part of the KISS legacy.”
Born Paul Daniel Frehley, he grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at the age of 13. Before joining Kiss, he played in local bands around New York City and… He was Jimi Hendrix’s tour coach at the age of 18..