Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s cause of death has been revealed weeks after his passing.

The Morris County Medical Examiner confirmed in a report obtained by TMZ on Monday that the legendary guitarist died from blunt trauma injuries to his head sustained in a fall. The death was ruled an accident.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was 74.

Frehley’s family announced his death in a statement on October 16, confirming the musician had passed away earlier that day in Morristown, N.J., after a recent fall at his home.

“We are completely devastated and heartbroken,” his family wrote, per PEOPLE. “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.”

“We cherish all o

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