(FOX NEWS) – KISS founding member and guitarist Ace Frehley,
who was announced to be on life support earlier today after
suffering injuries from a fall last month, has died at age 74.

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen
(January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020)

One of the most iconic guitars used by late rocker Eddie Van
Halen (above) is going up for auction, with his 1982 Kramer
expected to sell for millions.

New York auction house Sotheby’s will be handling the guitar’s
sale this fall as part of their inaugural Grails Week, which runs
from Oct. 21-28. 

On August 10, 1937, the United States Patent Office recognized
the electric guitar—the instrument that revolutionized jazz,
blues and country music and made the later rise of rock and
roll possible—with the award of Patent #2,089.171.

      
TIM MAGUIRE

Les Paul records with wife Mary Ford in his home studio
in the 1950s.

Les Paul  (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009)

Les Paul, was a jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter,
and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body
electric guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as
inspiration for the Gibson Les Paul.

Paul is credited with many recording innovations. His early
experiments with overdubbing (also known as sound on
sound), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing, and
multitrack recording.

NASHVILLE, TN. (KATU) — The search is on for an iconic guitar
used in a major motion picture, and you could help find it.

Gibson and Michael J. Fox say the Cherry Red Gibson ES-345
guitar played on stage has been missing for 40 years.

The guitar was featured during the “Enchantment Under The
Sea” school dance scene when Marty McFly played “Johnny
B. Goode.”

Officials say that during the making of the film, filmmakers went
to look for the guitar, and it was nowhere to be found.

Michael J. Fox was born June 9, 1961 in Alberta, Canada.