Overview
- A newly released Morris County, New Jersey medical examiner’s report identifies blunt trauma to the head from a fall as the cause of death and rules the manner accidental.
- Imaging found fractures to the back of the skull, multiple hemorrhages and a subdural hematoma, with the report also noting that Frehley suffered a stroke.
- Doctors attempted a hemicraniectomy to relieve the bleeding, and he was placed on life support before his family decided to remove his ventilator on Oct. 16.
- The fatal injury followed a September fall at his home studio that prompted the cancellation of shows and the later shutdown of his remaining 2025 tour dates.
- Private services were held on Oct. 21–22 in New York, including burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx attended by family and original KISS members.