ACE FREHLEY Laid To Relaxation In New York; KISS Members In Attendance

The rock world mentioned a closing goodbye to founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley this week, as a personal memorial and funeral have been held in New York.

In line with stories collected by Blabbermouth, the memorial befell on Tuesday, October 21, on the Sinatra Memorial Dwelling in Yonkers, earlier than a funeral service the next day within the Bronx — the identical neighborhood the place Frehley grew up. SiriusXM host and longtime pal Eddie Trunk, who attended each providers, mentioned the guitarist was buried “very near the place his dad and mom have been laid to relaxation, which have been his needs.”

Tampa Bay Music Information stories that the ceremony was “personal, by invitation solely,” with roughly 75 individuals in attendance — a decent circle of household, shut buddies, and musicians who’d jammed or recorded with Frehley through the years. The unique Kiss lineup reunited one final time to pay their respects, with Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss all reportedly current.

Frehley — born Paul Daniel Frehley — died on October 16 in Morristown, New Jersey, aged 73. He handed peacefully surrounded by household, practically two weeks after a second fall at his dwelling led to a mind bleed and life help. His household made the devastating determination to take away him from the ventilator.

The next assertion was posted by Frehley‘s household on the time of his dying: “We’re fully devastated and heartbroken. In his final moments, we have been lucky sufficient to have been capable of encompass him with loving, caring, peaceable phrases, ideas, prayers and intentions as he left this earth.

“We cherish all of his most interesting recollections, his laughter, and have a good time his strengths and kindness that he bestowed upon others. The magnitude of his passing is of epic proportions, and past comprehension. Reflecting on all of his unimaginable life achievements, Ace‘s reminiscence will proceed to stay on eternally!”