Cleto Escobedo III, Jimmy Kimmel’s Longtime Bandleader And Friend, Dead At 59
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"Cleto and I have been inseparable since I was nine years old," Kimmel explained on Instagram, saying working with Escobedo every day was "a dream."
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel announced some sad news for fans of his show on Tuesday: the death of his longtime friend and bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III.
Escobedo, who died Tuesday morning at 59, had been absent from the show for months because of illness.
Although the cause of Escobedo’s death hasn’t been announced, Kimmel posted the news on his Instagram page and said, “To say that we are heartbroken is an understatement.”
Kimmel and Escobedo have a shared history that goes back decades.
“Cleto and I have been inseparable since I was nine years old,” Kimmel explained. “The fact that we got to work together every day is a dream neither of us could ever have imagined would come true.”
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