Overview
- Escobedo, 59, died on Nov. 11 and was the longtime leader of Cleto and the Cletones on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, as well as Kimmel’s childhood friend.
- The death certificate lists cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause, with vasodilatory shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and alcoholic cirrhosis identified as underlying causes.
- Contributing conditions on the document include sepsis, graft versus host disease, immunosuppressed status, chronic kidney disease and pneumonia.
- Reports note he underwent a liver transplant in September and was placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation a week before his death, with outlets reporting he died at UCLA Medical Center.
- Kimmel announced two memorial fundraisers: one benefiting patients and families via UCLA Medical Center and another supporting The Animal Foundation in Las Vegas, after delivering an on-air tribute and pausing tapings.