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 advised the Tampa Bay Music Information: “Peter Criss was sobbing. He and Ace had been the perfect of mates. Whereas Gene and Paul had been the enterprise guys, Ace and Peter had been the rock ’n’ roll social gathering boys. They had been Kiss’s model of Aerosmith’s Poisonous Twins.”

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Ace Frehley Confronted Well being Problems Main As much as His Loss of life

Frehley confronted well being issues in his ultimate 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 as a result of “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 utterly devastated and heartbroken,” Frehley’s household mentioned in a press release. “In his final moments, we had been lucky sufficient to have been capable of 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 without end!”

KISS Members Pay Tribute to Ace Frehley

KISS members from a number of iterations of the band paid tribute to Frehley following his dying. “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 mentioned in a joint assertion. “He’s and can all the time be part of KISS’s legacy.”