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Speaker 1: The Sure Report on ninety six airverm. Yeah, so you

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Speaker 1: have heard we have lost another one, another big one

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Speaker 1: morning girl.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Ace Freely, the founding guitarist of Kiss, has passed away

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Speaker 1: at the age of seventy four. His passing comes shortly

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Speaker 1: after the news that he had been put on life

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Speaker 1: support following a fall at his studio just last month.

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Speaker 1: His family said in a statement, we are completely devastated

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Speaker 1: and heartbroken. In his last moments, we were fortunate enough

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Speaker 1: to have been able to surround him with loving, caring,

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Speaker 1: peaceful words, thoughts, prayers and intentions as he left this earth.

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Speaker 1: We cherish all of his finest memories, his laughter, and

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Speaker 1: celebrate his strength and kindness that he bestowed upon others.

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Speaker 1: Reflecting on all his incredible life achievements, Ace's memory will

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Speaker 1: continue to live on forever. So it was late September

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Speaker 1: that he was confirmed to have suffered a minor fall,

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Speaker 1: they said at the time, in his studio, which was

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Speaker 1: altered in a trip to the whole hospital. Turns out

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Speaker 1: that there had been a bleed on the brain, and

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Speaker 1: then he was put on life support, which the family

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Speaker 1: did decide to.

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Speaker 3: It's not like it was a long termness or anything

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Speaker 3: like that. It's just something so sudden and it seemed,

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Speaker 3: you know, almost inconsequential at the time, but.

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Speaker 1: As it sometimes does, and a fall so often is

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Speaker 1: just you know that that's it all goes down from

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Speaker 1: there once you're a certain age. Paul Stanley and Jean

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Speaker 1: Simmons have written a joint statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter.

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Speaker 1: They say, I'm devastated by the passing of Ace Freely.

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Speaker 1: He was an essential and irreplaceable rock soldier during some

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Speaker 1: of the most formative foundational chapters of the band and

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Speaker 1: its history. He is and or will always be a

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Speaker 1: part of Kiss's legacy. Our thoughts are with Jeanette Monique

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Speaker 1: and all those who loved him, including our fans around

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Speaker 1: the world, very much.

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Speaker 3: So, because I know that they had their falling out,

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Speaker 3: and there was a lot, there was a rupted but

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Speaker 3: he was the guitar sound of that band.

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Speaker 1: That's right. He was Ace Freely, And he got his

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Speaker 1: first guitar at just thirteen, and he was.

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Speaker 2: A friend of mine, got an electric guitar with a

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Speaker 2: little lamp. I had never played an electric guitar before,

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Speaker 2: and when I plugged it into a little lamp and

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Speaker 2: turned up the volume I head of Chord.

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Speaker 1: It was love, love at first guitar and the other

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Speaker 1: thing about Ace. And you know, I'm sure Jean's got

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Speaker 1: to give him credit for this, Jean being the businessman

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Speaker 1: that he is, Ace was the one who designed maybe

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Speaker 1: the most iconic band logo of all time.

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Speaker 2: I was just sitting in my bedroom and I drew

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Speaker 2: it up with a the rest.

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Speaker 1: Is history for the rest is history. And also Ace

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Speaker 1: had Ace Reely had very definite thoughts on death as well.

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Speaker 1: He was He was very philosophical about it.

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Speaker 2: You can't have light without dark, you can't have good

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Speaker 2: without evil, So heaven and.

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Speaker 1: Hell makes sense.

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't think we ever die. I think

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Speaker 2: our spirits go on.

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Speaker 3: He certainly, he certainly lived alt.

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Speaker 1: And he had that bronx accent. Did he not?

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Speaker 2: Did he not?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Ace Freely thanks for the memories and rest in p

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Speaker 1: R I P.

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Speaker 3: The Spaceman