Overview
- Simmons posted on X that he was "wrong for using the words" he used and offered a "humbly" worded apology, saying he did not intend to hurt Frehley or his legacy.
- He had told the New York Post that Frehley’s death reflected "bad decisions" and suggested a fall alone "doesn’t kill you," remarks widely criticized as insensitive.
- The Morris County Medical Examiner has ruled Frehley’s death an accident caused by blunt trauma to the head from a fall, with CT findings including skull fractures, hemorrhages and a subdural hematoma, and a stroke noted.
- A separate toxicology report has not yet been released, leaving additional medical details unresolved.
- KISS and Frehley’s family have issued tributes, and bandmates attended private services in October as public commemorations continued around the Kennedy Center Honors.