KISS frontman Gene Simmons recently said that a series of “bad decisions” by KISS guitarist Ace Frehley contributed to his passing.
Gene Simmons talks about Ace Frehley
Simmons condemned the substance abuse that he suggested contributed to Frehley’s fatal fall down the stairs, leading to a brain bleed that took his life on October 16th at age 74.
Speaking to New York Post, Simmons said, “He refused [advice] from people that cared about him, including yours truly, to try to change his lifestyle. In and out of bad decisions. Falling down the stairs, I’m not a doctor, doesn’t kill you. There may have been other issues, and it breaks my heart.”
The Morris County medical examiner’s report lists the cause of death as a blunt trauma injury of the head due to a fall. It said a separate toxicology report on Frehley’s blood would be issued.
Simmons added, “The saddest thing, you reap what you shall sow unfortunately.”
He also spoke about attending Frehley’s private funeral service on October 22nd. He said: “It breaks my heart. Peter Criss, our founding drummer, Paul, and myself went to the funeral, open casket.
“It was just heartbreaking. Saddest of all perhaps is that Ace just couldn’t stay alive long enough to sit there proudly at the Kennedy Center and listen to, I can’t even tell you who’s going to come out … really impressive people, just to say how much Kiss meant to them. What can you say, sad.”
