Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy Kimmel mourned his late bandleader and best friend, Cleto Escobedo III, after his death at 59 Jimmy Kimmel remembered his ...

The house band for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has changed its name after the death of their bandleader, Cleto Escobedo. Formerly known as Cleto and the Cletones, they revealed their new name, The Cletones, ...

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 ...

Paula Abdul is mourning the loss of the late Cleto Escobedo. After the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” bandleader died on Tuesday at the age of 59, the singer, 63, paid tribute to the musician. “My heart is ...

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 ...

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 ...

A cause of death has been confirmed for Cleto Escobedo III, the band leader on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and a lifelong friend of the late-night host. According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ, ...

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 Todd Wawrychuk / Disney General Entertainment ...

Cleto Escobedo III’s legacy lives on. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has honored Escobedo, the program’s house band leader who died Nov. 11 at age 59, by changing the musical group’s name. During the late night ...