KISS Guitarist Ace Frehley Lifeless at 74

Ace Frehley, the unique lead guitarist for KISS, is lifeless … TMZ has confirmed.

The legendary musician died Thursday after being hospitalized, and positioned on life assist … with the household coming to the troublesome choice to show off his ventilator.

We broke the story … Ace suffered a mind bleed after taking a nasty fall in studio a few weeks in the past.

Ace was a founding member of KISS … becoming a member of forces with Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss. He shredded guitar with the band from 1973 to 1982 … however left the group amid substance abuse points and artistic variations.

He tried his hand at a solo profession … founding the band Frehley’s Comet — a play on “Spaceman,” his KISS deal with. The group performed collectively from 1984 to 1988 then broke up … and Ace later rejoined KISS for its 1996 reunion tour and remained with them till 2002.

Ace helped KISS create a ton of hits … together with “Detroit Rock Metropolis,” “I Was Made for Lovin’ You,” and “Rock and Roll All Nite.”

His solo profession would possibly finest be remembered for his covers of the songs “Again within the New York Groove” and “Into the Evening.” In 2014, Ace and the remainder of his KISS brothers have been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Corridor of Fame.

He is the primary unique member of KISS to die.

Ace was 74.