Kiss founding member Ace Frehley, the rock band’s unique lead guitarist, has died aged 74.
He handed away peacefully, surrounded by his household, in Morristown, New Jersey, his agent stated.
He had suffered a current fall.
An announcement from the rocker’s household stated they had been “completely devastated and heartbroken”.
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Ace Frehley celebrates as Kiss are inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2014. Pic: Reuters
New York-born Frehley was Kiss’s guitarist after they began in 1973.
The opposite members had been Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, and Peter Criss.
Like his bandmates, Frehley took on a comic book book-style persona on stage (he was generally known as “Spaceman”) and captivated audiences together with his elaborate make-up and smoke-filled guitar.
The band’s reveals had been recognized for fireworks, smoke, and eruptions of pretend blood, whereas the celebrities sported platform boots, black wigs, and – after all – the long-lasting black and white face paint.
Particularly well-liked within the mid-Seventies, Kiss’s hits embrace Rock And Roll All Nite and Detroit Rock Metropolis.
They offered tens of tens of millions of data and had been inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2014.
‘Irreplaceable’
Frehey’s household stated they might “cherish all of his finest memories, his laughter, and celebrate his strengths and kindness that he bestowed upon others”.
Stanley and Simmons described him as an “essential and irreplaceable rock soldier”.
Paying tribute, the duo stated they had been “devastated” by his loss of life.
Frehley’s Kiss profession first led to 1982, earlier than he returned for a reunion tour in 1996, staying on till 2002. He additionally launched a number of solo albums.
He’s survived by his spouse Jeanette and daughter Monique.
