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- Cleto Escobedo III, Kimmel's lifelong friend and Jimmy Kimmel Live! bandleader, has died at 59.
- Kimmel reportedly cancelled a show taping to be by Escobedo's side before his passing.
Cleto Escobedo III, the longtime bandleader for Jimmy Kimmel Live! and one of Jimmy Kimmel's closest friends, has died at 59. Multiple reports suggest that his death may have been linked to complications from a liver transplant, although the exact cause has not yet been officially confirmed.
