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Cleto Escobedo III — who had served because the bandleader on Jimmy Kimmel Reside because the present started again in 2003 — has handed away.
He was simply 59 years previous.
Information of Escobedo’s passing comes courtesy of a social media assertion posted by Kimmel on Tuesday afternoon.
Jimmy Kimmel declares loss of life of lifelong good friend
“Early this morning, we misplaced an incredible good friend, father, son, musician and man, my longtime bandleader Cleto Escobedo III,” Kimmel wrote.
“To say that we’re heartbroken is an understatement. Cleto and I’ve been inseparable since I used to be 9 years previous.
“The truth that we set to work collectively each day is a dream neither of us might ever have imagined would come true. Cherish your pals and please hold Cleto’s spouse, youngsters and oldsters in your prayers.”
The reason for Escobedo’s loss of life is unknown presently.
Kimmel and Escobedo have been childhood associates, and the host has said on quite a few events that there’s nobody else he would’ve employed to guide his band.
Kimmel paid tribute to their friendship in a 2016 phase for Escobedo’s fiftieth birthday.
“Cleto had a bicycle with a sidecar hooked up to it. We known as it the aspect hack. I’d get within the sidecar after which Cleto would drive me immediately into rubbish cans and bushes,” the comedian recalled on the time.
He added that Escobedo might usually be discovered “on the garden along with his BB gun simply capturing at me” and that they’d steal his dad’s shotgun and “shoot kites out of the sky,”
In a later interview with ABC7, Kimmel described his bandleader as “a baby prodigy.”
“The entire faculty would collect to look at. He’d get standing ovations. It was a loopy factor.”
Escobedo, Kimmel defined, “toured with Earth, Wind and Fireplace, Paula Abdul” and “had his personal file deal” earlier than becoming a member of his present.
Kimmel recalled that hiring Escobedo was non-negotiable when he landed his late evening gig.
“I’ll let you know one factor. It needed to have my band chief, Cleto,” the host informed ABC7, including:
“I used to be nervous, as a result of I believed they’d say, ‘We don’t need your good friend to be the band chief.’ So I took the president of ABC to see him play along with his band, and he beloved it.”
“In fact I wished nice musicians, however I wished anyone I had chemistry with. And there’s no person in my life I’ve higher chemistry with than him.”
Cleto’s father, Cleto Escobedo Sr., can also be a member of Kimmel’s home band.
His passing comes at a time when Kimmel’s present has been making headlines as a result of host’s ongoing feud with Donald Trump.
Our ideas exit to Cleto Escobedo’s family members throughout this extremely troublesome time.
