Jimmy Kimmel Live! returned to ABC on Monday, November 17, following the death of host Jimmy Kimmel’s longtime friend and the ...

Jimmy Kimmel is mourning the loss of his lifelong friend Cleto Escobedo III. Find out more about the late bandleader’s life and his career.

Jimmy Kimmel dedicated his monologue to his late bandleader and best friend Cleto Escobedo III hours after announcing his death at the age of 59.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has honored Escobedo, the program’s house band leader who died Nov. 11 at age 59, by changing the ...

LOS ANGELES — The cause of death has been determined for Cleto Escobedo III, the longtime bandleader of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" who died Tuesday at age 59, according to his death certificate.

The leader of Cleto and the Cletones died on Nov. 11 at the age of 59, lifelong friend Jimmy Kimmel confirmed via Instagram.

Cleto Escobedo III death details reveal cardiogenic shock and underlying alcoholic cirrhosis after the Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel is still mourning his close friend and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” band leader Cleto Escobedo. The grieving late-night ...

Cleto Escobedo III was Kimmel's best friend growing up, and was the bandleader for Cleto and the Cletones throughout the show's 22-year run.

The house band for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has changed its name after the death of their bandleader, Cleto Escobedo. Formerly ...

A cause of death has been confirmed for Cleto Escobedo III, the band leader on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and a lifelong friend of ...