Jimmy Kimmel announced Cleto Escobedo III's death on Nov. 11, before delivering an emotional monologue and tribute to him on his talk show that night ...

Jimmy Kimmel’s band leader and lifelong best friend Cleto Escobedo has died. He was 59. We hear that Escobedo had complications stemming from a liver transplant. Jimmy Kimmel’s best friend and band ...

On Nov. 11, Jimmy Kimmel announced on Instagram that his childhood best friend, Cleto Escobedo III, had died Escobedo had been the leader of Cleto and the Cletones, the house band for Jimmy Kimmel ...

Jimmy Kimmel was back on air on Monday (Nov. 17) following bandleader and best friend Cleto Escobedo III's death, with a newly re-named house band.

Kimmel and the musician, who toured with Earth, Wind and Fire, became friends in Las Vegas when the late night host was nine-years-old.

Kimmel had taken a brief hiatus from the show following the death of his best friend and longtime band leader.

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Jimmy Kimmel was moved to tears in a 22-minute monologue remembering his late best friend, Cleto Escobedo III (Picture: Jimmy Kimmel Live / ABC) Cleto Escobedo III, the longtime bandleader of Jimmy ...

Jimmy Kimmel Live!' returned after bandleader Cleto Escobedo III's death as the show's house band revised their name ...

Cleto Escobedo, Jimmy Kimmel's band leader, has died at the age of 59. The musician, who had appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! since its 2003 launch episode, was remembered by his high-profile colleague ...

Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s house band has changed its name following the death of band leader Cleto Escobedo III at the age of 59.