{"id":257677,"date":"2025-11-11T23:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/257677\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T23:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:29:07","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-live-band-leader-cleto-escobedo-iii-dies-at-59-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/257677\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Live! band leader Cleto Escobedo III dies at 59 &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQMnY1YThVUk9LQVBxU2xhVVRsOVd3em9NVVhMZVdnNXY0YXo0TnFJcDFxQWlISlVZaHJTMmEtenlWSFlpV3ExV1dyY25qclJfMlJMRkdMTXpNQ3pjSzRMM056SVZRb2d4cVZtVHV3VThoTkljYWN5QlRDYlF2WWp4Q2pVdE14Z2RScnBJZGxtd21TTDVIYTJ2R29n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel Live! band leader Cleto Escobedo III dies at 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQTENTVEQ1OGFVWkJMYWtZZFJUSVYxNm5IdVh4dDBkNFlzcUpoQU0zRGlzVTBFeVRPdlp3Q1I4R0NVVXdSR1RNYWgtSEl4RGxrMF9DUnpRT0xxSG9kd0NZbmFEWlp1R1VybzYyUVlmenZvLV9tdXpZNy1lZ3BtRF9PRnplUWwtM3k1OEV1OUZ1NnBPenhWQ0RLd0lB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s Lifelong Friend and Band Leader Cleto Escobedo Dies at 59: &#8216;We Are Heartbroken&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;People.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxOa0pBeGxaRVUtM3VlZGJVZW42M2ZodExPcFZYN01hWnZrVzJJbnB3d3N2WC1ZRllwYkxlMm5CWmtiRkVieU04ek40N0ptejk4VGc4b3hjT2FMWnQwWjNkdFdrWVdPaWtnTkhwaURPWEhoeDEzQ0dKeDVVXy1Ub3VzaDBpSE03dUZ6UF9ESDBXWGdVVkVsb2lrRg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s Bandleader Cleto Escobedo III Dies at 59: We\u2019ve Been \u2018Inseparable Since I Was Nine Years Old\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Variety<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxQVVBreFBfNWYtTkVESjdXWXExNEVLY2hqbkFnVW81YTNqVkhyU3FXTGZvZEdmVHE1aFp0OTZRcFYzM01rSXpFUFJrV2hBV3I1MDcza3EwWFZyZ2IxTl9OQ0RDb2ZrSldsYk9HUi1aRjFRd2xnWjlYdzBmdWdXem5zWU1ORVdOUkMtYkQwbHoxU3o3X2xMUkJVcGlUdDNqdkRmcFk3aFhXRHpsbTh4MGdnMFdJX0M1Q0szYlB3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s best friend and band leader Cleto Escobedo has passed away<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Page Six<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNWGtRbll6bEwzWmctVnVyb0M2dEs4Zzl2Zzc0TEY0VnR5bzRyamtYNEhoSDZJMG5pMnlqWGg1WnhKV1BDRWI3cktMUXRWUW5xZFNTNUI5SmNvZjhDY19qRHBWSDNrNHQ3MGttZ2pORXRlaG9hLWJmalpkUE9tMkt3aDBfUDZ3UVpoVldfaVhBREwxQWZ0ajdXbXgwX2R4a3RGVkloVnowWWxELVpER2xFYVNWN3I?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flashback: Jimmy Kimmel Celebrates Cleto Escobedo\u2019s 50th Birthday on Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;LateNighter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Live! band leader Cleto Escobedo III dies at 59&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentJimmy Kimmel\u2019s Lifelong Friend and Band Leader&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-257677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}