Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel announced Tuesday that he is taking the rest of the week off following the death of his best friend and the show’s bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III, also known as "Jr." ...

Escobedo died on November 11 at age 59. According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ on Friday, November 14, Escobedo died from “cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause of death with vasodilatory ...

Jimmy Kimmel shared his broken heart for 22 minutes with his audience Tuesday night. The late night host used his “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” monologue to speak about his childhood friend who was also his ...

The Grammy-nominated artist will replace longtime bandleader Jon Batiste when season 8 premieres on Sept. 6 Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined PEOPLE in ...

Cleto Escobedo III, Jimmy Kimmel’s close friend and the bandleader of his talk show, has died. He was 59. Kimmel shared the news on Instagram, writing, “Early this morning, we lost a great friend, ...

Cleto Escobedo III, the bandleader for the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in-house band Cleto and the Cletones, has died. He was 59. Kimmel shared the news about his childhood friend on social media on Tuesday, ...

This image released by Disney shows Cleto Escobedo on the set of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in March 2025. (Randy Holmes/Disney via AP) This image released by Disney shows Cleto Escobedo on the set of ...

Longtime Jimmy Kimmel Live! band leader and close friend of the show host Cleto Escobedo III died recently at the age of 59. On his Tuesday show, Kimmel delivered a touching tribute to Escobedo, a ...

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Cleto Escobedo III, the bandleader of Cleto and the Cletones on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and the host’s lifelong friend, has died. He was 59 years old. “Early this morning, we lost a great friend, father, ...