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Jimmy Kimmel mourns loss of close friend and bandleader Cleto Escobedo III

  • By: Roger Collins
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Cleto Escobedo III died on Tuesday at the age of 59, leaving behind his wife and two children. He had been the show’s bandleader since its inception and was one of Jimmy Kimmel’s closest and oldest friends.

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