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Ace Frehley, lead guitarist of KISS, dead at 74

A member of one of the most iconic rock bands in music history is dead at the age of 74.

According to multiple sources such as Rolling Stone and USA Today, Ace Frehley, the founding guitarist of KISS passed away, Thursday after a recent fall.

In a statement his family says they are “devasted and heartbroken”.

“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,” reads the statement.

He had just cancelled his remaining tour dates for 2025.

Frehley joined KISS at the start of the start of the 1973.

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