The guitarist Karl Cochran, 61 years old, known, among other things, for his collaborations with Kiss, has died in a car accident that took place in New Jersey. According to sources cited by People magazine, he was driving his 90-year-old mother.
Cochran was in the passenger seat of a Subaru Legacy when the woman crashed into a tree on February 19. Although he was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, he passed away.
The band Kiss has posted an image on Instagram in which one of its members, Paul Stanley, is seen with Cochran.
Alongside it, they write an emotional message: "Our dear friend Karl Cochran has died in a car accident. He was an extraordinary vocalist and guitarist who suffered a stroke, but never stopped fighting to come back."