According to sources, Frehley, 74, has suffered a brain hemorrhage after falling in his studio a couple of weeks ago, which led to him canceling his tour.
The condition has not improved, and Frehley has been on a respirator for a while. Now, TMZ's sources claim that the family is considering turning off the life-sustaining care, possibly as early as Thursday evening.
After the accident, it was first announced on his Instagram that he was doing well, but was forced on the doctor's request to abstain from traveling. A week later, a new statement came that the rest of his performances in 2025 are canceled due to "ongoing health problems".
Ace Frehley was born on April 27, 1951, in the Bronx, New York. He is self-taught and learned to play the guitar in his teens.
I've never taken a lesson, and my sense of melodies comes from when I sang in the church choir. So what I have cannot be taught. You have to have it within you. Either you have it – or you have nothing at all, said Frehley in an interview with Guitar world in 2024.
In 1973, he co-founded the rock band Kiss along with Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss. Frehley got the nickname Spaceman or Space Ace.
One of many iconic rock moments happened on December 12, 1976, during a concert in Lakeland, Florida, when Frehley received a severe electric shock when he touched a faulty grounded metal railing on stage – an incident that nearly cost him his life. He describes in his autobiography "No Regrets" how everything went black and he thought he died on stage.
Despite the accident, he returned ten minutes later to finish the concert, to the audience's jubilation.
That I got electrified and didn't fall forward was a miracle. It must have been angels pushing me back, said Frehley in an interview with Louder sound this year.
Returned to Kiss
The incident inspired him to write the song "Shock Me" for the album Love Gun (1977) – the first Kiss song he sang on himself.
Frehley played with Kiss until 1982 but left the band due to drug problems and creative differences. He then started the band Frehley's Comet but returned to Kiss in 1996 for the reunion tour and stayed until 2002.
Besides Kiss classics like "Rock and Roll all nite", "Detroit Rock City", and "I was made for lovin' you", he is known for solo songs like "Back in the New York groove" and "Into the night".
In 2024, he released his tenth studio album "10,000 Volts".
