A cause of death has been determined for Jimmy Kimmel Live! musical director Cleto Escobedo III after he died Tuesday at age 59. The late-night talk show’s longtime bandleader died of cardiogenic ...

Cleto Escobedo III, the longtime bandleader of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and a childhood friend of the late-night host, died on Tuesday at the age of 59, Kimmel announced. According to Page Six, the musician ...

As a kid growing up in Las Vegas, Cleto Escobedo and his best friend delighted in playing pranks together. "We kind of had the same sense of humor," he recalled in a 2022 oral history interview with ...

The group, originally named "Cleto and the Cletones," revealed their new name during the late-night show’s Nov. 17 episode, which comes days after the death of bandleader Cleto Escobedo III. In the ...

Since Jimmy Kimmel Live! premiered on ABC in 2003, its eponymous host has sat down with everyone in the music world from Bruce Springsteen to Lainey Wilson. Throughout that time, Kimmel’s childhood ...

Jimmy Kimmel Live! was hit by tragedy this week when bandleader Cleto Escobedo III died from an undisclosed illness. “To say that we are heartbroken is an understatement,” Kimmel said in a statement. ...

Jimmy Kimmel shared the heartbreaking news about his childhood friend, describing Cleto Escobedo III as "a great friend, ...

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