The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the Kiss guitar tech who died from Covid-19 while quarantining on the band’s End of the Road World Tour in 2021 ended Wednesday with an official dismissal by the court. The family previously filed a notice of “conditional settlement” involving the band and concert promoter Live Nation, but the court set a hearing for Friday, Nov. 7 to check on the status of the pact. That hearing was cancelled on Wednesday.

No terms of the private settlement were released. Stueber’s widow, Catherine, and lawyers on both sides did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. Francis Stueber, 53, worked as the guitar tech for Kiss co-founder Paul Stanley for 20 years before his death on Oct. 17, 2021, Stanley previously confirmed in a

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