Ace Frehley, the wild Spaceman of Kiss, died Thursday in Morristown, New Jersey, at 74. His representative cited a recent fall at home; a specific cause was not immediately available. Frehley had canceled a late-September show after a minor studio fall and, on Oct. 11, pulled his remaining 2025 dates for ongoing medical issues. His family and bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley mourned him, praising his role in Kiss’s legacy. A cornerstone of the band’s Seventies heyday, Frehley wrote fan favorites like Cold Gin and Shock Me and entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

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