{"id":286184,"date":"2025-11-11T23:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/286184\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T23:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:02:15","slug":"jimmy-kimmels-bandleader-cleto-escobedo-iii-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/286184\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s bandleader Cleto Escobedo III dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s bandleader, and childhood friend, Cleto Escobedo III died on Tuesday morning, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kimmel<\/a> announced on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Escobedo, who led the band Cleto and the Cletones on Kimmel&#8217;s <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/culture\/story\/jimmy-kimmel-returned-air-after-show-preempted-125851905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">show<\/a> &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; was 59.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No cause of death was provided.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cleto Escobedo attends as Keep Memory Alive hosts star-studded lineup at annual &quot;Power Of Love&quot; gala at MGM Grand Garden Arena on February 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. \" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/18144281_cleto-img.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cleto Escobedo attends as Keep Memory Alive hosts star-studded lineup at annual &#8220;Power Of Love&#8221; gala at MGM Grand Garden Arena on February 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Gabe Ginsberg\/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Early this morning, we lost a great friend, father, son, musician and man, my longtime bandleader Cleto Escobedo III,&#8221; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQ7f5moEYYy\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote Kimmel in an Instagram post<\/a> on Tuesday. &#8220;To say that we are heartbroken is an understatement. Cleto and I have been inseparable since I was nine years old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Kimmel continued, &#8220;The fact that we got to work together every day is a dream neither of us could ever have imagined would come true. Cherish your friends and please keep Cleto&#8217;s wife, children and parents in your prayers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Please check back for more updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 ABC News Internet Ventures.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s bandleader, and childhood friend, Cleto Escobedo III died on Tuesday morning, Kimmel announced on social media.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[150824,9257,4,450,451,6377,3,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-286184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-150824","9":"tag-abc-news","10":"tag-breaking-news","11":"tag-breakingnews","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-national","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}