Jimmy Kimmel Stay! returned to ABC on Monday, November 17, following the dying of host Jimmy Kimmel’s longtime pal and the present’s bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III.
Kimmel, 58, welcomed company together with Samuel L. Jackson and comic Ms. Pat on Monday’s program, which additionally noticed the home band beforehand often known as Cleto and the Cletones billed merely as The Cletones within the present’s opening, per LateNighter.com.
The late-night discuss present host mourned the dying of his childhood pal on the November 11 episode of Stay! earlier than taking the remainder of final week off.
Escobedo died on November 11 at age 59. Escobedo died from “cardiogenic shock because the rapid reason for dying with vasodilatory shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver because the underlying causes,” in keeping with a dying certificates obtained by TMZ on Friday, November 14.
Throughout an emotional opening monologue final Tuesday, Kimmel remembered his pal by way of tears, noting that he’s “needed to do some exhausting monologues” on his discuss present, “however this one’s the toughest, as a result of late final night time, early this morning, we misplaced somebody very particular who was a lot too younger to go.”
Escobedo was the bandleader of Kimmel’s home band since Jimmy Kimmel Stay! premiered in January 2023. His father, Cleto Escobedo Sr., can also be a part of the band.
“I needed Cleto to steer my band. … The concept that anybody aside from him would lead the band was terrifying. It needed to be him,” the comic stated in his tribute. “I used to be so scared they’d say no and I must have one other band. I needed to work up the nerve to deliver it up. As a result of I knew [saying], ‘My greatest pal from rising up performs the saxophone, he may lead the band,’ wasn’t an important pitch.”
A number of stars shared tributes to Jimmy Kimmel’s longtime pal and Jimmy Kimmel Stay! bandleader Cleo Escobedo III following his dying at age 59. Kimmel took to Instagram on Tuesday, November 11, to disclose that Escobedo had died. “Early this morning, we misplaced an important pal, father, son, musician and man, my longtime bandleader Cleto Escobedo […]
“Not solely did I need Cleto to steer the band, I needed his dad to be within the band,” Kimmel continued, noting that the Escobedos then auditioned for an ABC govt who rapidly signed off on hiring them. “We’ve been working collectively each day for nearly 23 years now,” Kimmel stated.
“I’ve all the time stated the one smartest thing about doing this present was getting the chance to permit Cleto Sr. to select up the place he left off in 1966 and turn into a musician once more, along with his son,” Kimmel stated. “Cleto Sr. and his mother, Sylvia, have been like my second mother and father since I used to be within the 4th grade. I’ve recognized them 47 years and these individuals have by no means as soon as yelled at me. Not one time. They’re the very best individuals.”
“It’s simply not honest,” Kimmel stated. “He was the nicest, most humble, type and all the time humorous individual,” he added.
Kimmel introduced Escobedo’s dying in an Instagram submit earlier on November 11.
“Early this morning, we misplaced an important pal, father, son, musician and man, my longtime bandleader Cleto Escobedo III,” he wrote. “To say that we’re heartbroken is an understatement. Cleto and I’ve been inseparable since I used to be 9 years outdated. The truth that we started working collectively each day is a dream neither of us might ever have imagined would come true. Cherish your mates and please preserve Cleto’s spouse, kids and fogeys in your prayers.”
