Overview
- Morris County, N.J., officials said a fall caused a skull fracture, a subdural hematoma and a stroke.
- The manner of death was classified as an accident in the medical examiner’s report released Nov. 10.
- Frehley, 74, was placed on life support after surgery to evacuate the hematoma failed to reverse his decline, and his family later withdrew ventilator support.
- He died in Morristown, N.J., weeks after canceling tour dates tied to injuries from the late-September fall.
- A founding member of KISS, he was the first original band member to die, as tributes from Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Bruce Kulick noted alongside private memorials in New York.