Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cleto Escobedo III wasn't just the longtime bandleader on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, although that's how the saxophone player became ...

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 ...

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 ...

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is mourning the death of one of his oldest friends — his show’s bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III. Kimmel announced Escobedo’s death Tuesday on Instagram, saying ...

While the late Cleto Escobedo III made nightly appearances on TV, his greatest role may have been at home with his family. Learn more about them and his personal life here. Cleto Escobedo III’s ...

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, ...

Jimmy Kimmel is mourning the loss of his childhood best friend and talk show's longtime band leader, Cleto Escobedo III. On Nov. 11, the talk show host announced Escobedo's death on Instagram, writing ...

Jimmy Kimmel delivered an emotional monologue Tuesday, honoring his late childhood friend and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" bandleader Cleto Escobedo III, who died that day at the age of 59. "We've been on the ...

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 ...

Cleto Escobedo III’s loved ones are celebrating his life. Days after Jimmy Kimmel shared his longtime best friend and Jimmy Kimmel Live! bandleader had died on Nov. 11 at 59, the comedian’s sister ...

This image released by Disney shows Cleto Escobedo on the set of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in March 2025. (Randy Holmes/Disney via AP) Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is mourning the death of one of ...

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is mourning the death of one of his oldest friends — his show's bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III.Kimmel announced Escobedo's death Tuesday on Instagram, saying ...