Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An official cause have death has been announced for KISS co-founder and guitarist Ace Frehley.

The guitarist, whose full name was Paul Daniel Frehley, died last month at age 74 in Morristown, N.J.

He suffered severe bruising, facial fractures near his eyes and left ear and ultimately a fatal brain bleed, according to the coroner's report.

Frehley was hospitalized for several weeks to treat injuries that he sustained in a fall. He suffered a serious head injury that led to a brain bleed when he fell while inside a recording studio in September.

At the time, Frehley claimed the fall had been "minor," but he canceled a California show for September 26.