During a recent interview with the New York Post, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons made some controversial comments regarding Ace Frehley’s death. According to him, the guitarist/vocalist, who died of head trauma following an accidental fall, passed away due to his “bad decisions.”
Simmons said the following:
“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 saddest thing — you reap what you shall sow, unfortunately. It breaks my heart.”
He also added:
“Peter Criss, our founding drummer, Paul [Stanley] 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.”
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