Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is mourning the death of one of his oldest friends – his show’s bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III.
Kimmel announced Escobedo’s death Tuesday on Instagram, saying “that we are heartbroken is an understatement.” Escobedo was 59.
Escobedo and Kimmel met as children in Las Vegas, where they grew up across the street from each other.
“We just met one day on the street, and there were a few kids on the street, and him and I just became really close friends,
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