Jimmy Kimmel’s longtime friend and bandleader dies at 59

The laughter didn’t stop there. The pair were inseparable teens who loved to prank people, sometimes a little too much.

“Cleto would quietly, in the back, slip out of his pants and moon people from the back of our car,” Kimmel once said with a laugh.

From childhood dreams to late-night legends

When Jimmy Kimmel Live! premiered in 2003, there was no question who would lead the band. It had to be Cleto.

“I’ll tell you one thing,” Kimmel told ABC7. “It had to have my bandleadContinue reading…