Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has died at the age of 74. The news of his passing comes just hours after TMZ.com reported that the musician was hospitalized on life support after he suffered a brain bleed when he took a fall in his studio a couple weeks ago.
Earlier this month, Frehley scrapped the remainder of his previously announced 2025 tour dates due to unspecified “medical issues”.
The legendary rocker announced the cancelation two weeks after he pulled out of the Antelope Valley Fair in Lancaster, California after sustaining minor injuries in a fall at his home.
When Ace‘s Antelope Valley Fair cancelation was first announced, it was revealed that Frehley had had “a minor fall in his studio, resulting in a trip to the hospital.” He was later advised by his doctor to refrain from travel in order to fully recover from his injuries.
Frehley appeared on KISS‘s first nine albums, and returned for the band’s 1998 reunion album, ‘Psycho Circus’, only to leave again.
Frehley first left KISS in 1982. He rejoined in 1996 and parted ways with the band once again in 2002 after the conclusion of KISS‘s first “farewell tour.” Since his departure, guitarist Tommy Thayer had assumed the role of the Spaceman.
At the time of his passing, Frehley was working on ‘Origins Vol. 3’, the sequel to Ace’s 2016 and 2020 collections of cover songs that inspired the former KISS guitarist.
Ace‘s latest solo album, ‘10,000 Volts’, came out in February 2024 via MNRK Music Group (formerly eOne Music).