Ace Frehley , the founding lead guitarist of Kiss , has died. A representative told Rolling Stone that Frehley sustained injuries following a recent fall at his home. He had since cancelled the remainder of his scheduled 2025 performances. “In his last moments, we were fortunate enough to have been able to surround him with loving, caring, peaceful words, thoughts, prayers and intentions as he left this earth,” Frehley’s family shared in a statement. “The magnitude of his passing is of epic proportions, and beyond comprehension.” He was 74.

Paul Daniel Frehley grew up in the Bronx. He received his first electric guitar as a Christmas present and was a member of several bands before answering Paul Stanley’s ad in 1972 seeking a lead guitarist. Stanley, Gene Simmons, and Peter Criss

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