The death of Cleto Escobedo III, the leader of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! house band, Cleto and the Cletones, was announced on Tuesday.

Cleto Escobedo III , the leader of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! house band, Cleto and the Cletones, passed away on Tuesday. The late musician was 59. The tragic news of his death was announced by Jimmy Kimmel on his show.

Kimmel could not hold back his tears and cried while giving this news to his viewers in his opening monologue . “We've been on the air for almost 23 years and I've had to do some hard monologues along the way, but this one's the hardest because late last night, early this morning, we lost someone very special who was much too young,” the late-night show host said.

Escobedo’s father, Cleto Escobedo Sr., is a member of his late son’s band and

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