Jimmy Kimmel paid homage to his late best friend and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III, during the “hardest” opening monologue the late-night host said he ever had to deliver. Kimmel ...

Cleto Escobedo III, the leader of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! house band, has died. The saxophonist, who led the late-night TV show’s group, Cleto and the Cletones, from its inception in 2003, was host ...

Nov. 11 (UPI) --Jimmy Kimmel gave an on-air tribute to his longtime friend and bandleader Cleto Escobedo III following news of Escobedo's death. Escobedo, the saxophone-playing bandleader for Jimmy ...

Jimmy Kimmel is taking a break following the death of his friend and bandleader Cleto Escobedo III, otherwise known as Jr. Jimmy Kimmel Live! will take the rest of the week off. It comes after Kimmel ...

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is pausing production for the rest of the week after the sudden death of its beloved bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III. Repeats will air in the show’s slot while the staff mourns and ...

Cleto Escobedo III, the band leader on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and a lifelong friend of the late-night host, died Tuesday morning. He was 59. Escobedo’s death was announced by Kimmel on social media. His ...

Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air Monday night after taking the week off following the sudden death of his friend and bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III.

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

Cleto Escobedo III, childhood friend of Jimmy Kimmel and longtime bandleader of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, has died at age 59. Kimmel announced the news on his Instagram this afternoon. The cause of death ...

Cleto Escobedo III, longtime bandleader of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show, has died, Jimmy Kimmel announced on Tuesday. He was 59 years old. The late-night talk show host mourned the death of one of ...