Overview
- A family statement on Oct. 16 confirmed Frehley’s death at 74 in Morristown, New Jersey, where relatives were by his side.
- After a late-September fall in his recording studio, he was hospitalized and canceled a Sept. 26 show, then scrapped the remainder of his 2025 tour for health reasons.
- Multiple outlets reported a brain bleed and life support prior to his death, though no official cause of death has been announced.
- Former bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley said they were devastated and called Frehley essential to Kiss’s foundational years.
- The original “Spaceman” co-founded Kiss in 1973, entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, released 10,000 Volts in 2024, and had been set to be recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in December.