Jimmy Kimmel Pays Emotional Tribute to Band Leader Cleto Escobedo III, Who Died at 59

Jimmy Kimmel broke down on Tuesday night (November 11) as he paid tribute to his long-time friend and bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III (aka Junior), who passed away earlier that day. He was 59 years old. A cause of death hs not been announced but Page Six reports that it was due to complications stemming from a liver transplant. During the opening monologue on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late-night host fought back tears as he told the audience, “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,…