R.I.P. Bill Aucoin

[fmofmpls]

Bill Aucoin, who discovered the rock group Kiss and helped build them into a musical and merchandising juggernaut, died Monday in Florida. He was 66.

Aucoin died at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in Aventura of surgical complications from prostate cancer, said Carol Kaye, a family spokeswoman.

A former television cinematographer, Aucoin discovered Kiss in New York City in 1973 and helped launch the makeup-wearing, fire-breathing quartet into a moneymaking machine.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_en_ot/us_obit_aucoin

[Scatter]

I was just coming here to post this General..........RIP.

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

Too soon. I can't imagine a world without KISS, and Bill made sure I'd never have to.

We wanted the Best. He gave us the Best.

He was the Best.

[monsterphile]

...and because of KISS, their fans made the KISS Army, which inspired General Terry to call this group, the Universal Monster Army.  For any people that didn't know the origins of our name.

Rob

[slayergriffith]

R.I.P

[marsattacks666]

R.I.P.  being a KISS fanatic I was extremely sad to hear the news.
He and Neil Bogart did so much for KISS in the beginning.

[BlackLagoon]

R.I.P and a huge thank you to Bill Aucoin as KISS fan.

He is arguably as integral a member of the KISS camp as the original 4 members.