Jimmy Kimmel Live's Cleto Escobedo III’s Cause of Death Revealed...

Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s bandleader Cleto Escobedo III’s cause of death has been revealed after his death at age 59. Escobedo died from “cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause of death with vasodilatory shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver as the underlying causes,” according to the musician’s death certificate, which was obtained by TMZ on Friday, November 14. Sepsis, graft versus host disease, immunosuppression, chronic kidney disease and pneumonia also contributed to Escobedo’s death, per the outlet. Jimmy Kimmel Live! did not air a new episode on Thursday, November 6, days before Kimmel confirmed Escobedo’s death. “Early this morning, we lost a great friend, father, son, musician and man, my longtime bandleader Cleto Escobedo III,” Kimmel, 57, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, November 11. “To say that we are heartbroken is an understatement.” This story is still developing.