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Hollywood is in mourning over the death of\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0<\/em>mainstay\u00a0Cleto Escobedo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0<\/strong>himself shared the devastating news on Nov. 11,\u00a0writing on Instagram, \u201cEarly this morning, we lost a great friend, father, son, musician and man, my longtime bandleader Cleto Escobedo III.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTo say that we are heartbroken is an understatement,” the late night talk show host continued. “Cleto and I have been inseparable since I was 9 years old. The fact that we got to work together every day is a dream neither of us could ever have imagined would come true.”<\/p>\n Jimmy’s fellow comics also shared their condolences, with\u00a0Wanda Sykes<\/strong>\u00a0writing in the comments section, “Heartbreaking. So, very sorry.”<\/p>\n “So sorry,”\u00a0Howie Mandel\u00a0<\/strong>shared, while\u00a0Jeffrey Ross<\/strong>\u00a0added, “Love to his incredible family.”<\/p>\n In an Instagram post of her own,\u00a0Paula Abdul<\/strong>\u00a0recalled her first meeting with Cleto, who she toured with in the late ’80s.<\/p>\n “I first met Cleto when he was playing sax in a small bar at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas,” the singer\u00a0wrote. “I was putting together my band for my first world tour and the moment I heard him, I knew I had to hire him, even though he didn\u2019t have any touring experience yet.”<\/p>\n Praising his “undeniable” talent, Paula added, “Cleto was pure light and soul, both on and off stage. Sending so much love to his family and everyone who loved him.”<\/p>\n And she wasn’t the only music icon to pay tribute. Posting a photo of Cleto fronting his band\u00a0<\/p>\n “There are no words,” added the drummer, who collaborated with Cleto on his 1995 eponymous album. “You will be missed. I love u.”<\/p>\n Real Housewives of New Jersey\u201d star\u00a0Melissa Gorga\u00a0opened up about her relationship with\u00a0Joe Gorga and how they have maintained their marriage of 21 years.<\/p>\n Melissa and Joe\u00a0celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary on August 20 and shared the festivities with their fans on Instagram.\u201c21 years with this man. All I want to be is a beautiful example of what marriage is to these kids we made together\u2764\ufe0f So far I think we are doing a great job Happy Anniversary @joeygorga I\u2019ll always be by your side,\u201d Melissa wrote in the caption of her Instagram post.<\/p>\n \u201cHappy Anniversary to my amazing beautiful wife! I love spending time with you. 21 years went by so quick \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u201d Joe wrote in the caption of his own Instagram post dedicated to their anniversary.<\/p>\n The couple recently went to St. Barths together, where an unexpected\u00a0Bravo crossover occurred.<\/p>\n Joe posted\u00a0an Instagram photo\u00a0of himself posing on the beach alongside\u00a0\u201cMillion Dollar Listing New York\u201d\u00a0agent\u00a0Steve Gold.<\/p>\n \u201cMy Man!\u201d Joe captioned the photo.<\/p>\n Steve, who was vacationing with his wife,\u00a0Luiza Gawlowska, shared a photo of the Gorgas and their crew sitting on a dinghy.<\/p>\n \u201cOld school Bravo fam,\u201d the realtor wrote in an Instagram story, which Melissa and Joe shared on their respective accounts.<\/p>\n \u201cAlways by my side,\u201d Melissa wrote in the caption of her post.<\/p>\n \u201cI met him as a 24-year-old girl, and to think, you know, this many years later we\u2019re still together,\u201d Melissa said in\u00a0an interview with Bravo\u2019s The Daily Dish. \u201cI wake up every morning, [and] I\u2019m like, \u2018You\u2019re still here. Here you are.\u2019 No, honestly, we\u2019re friends.\u201d<\/p>\n Melissa acknowledged that her marriage to Joe was far from perfect, but the pair have always managed to overcome their conflicts as a team.<\/p>\n \u201cI do enjoy going to dinner with Joe,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re both fun people, so it works. And our lives are similar and, you know, we balance each other out in such a way where he lets me be the boss where I need to be, and I let him be the boss where he needs to be.\u201d<\/p>\n Melissa also said that her and Joe have maintained a healthy banter in their relationship.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanna kill him sometimes, but we\u2019re attracted to each other and we\u2019re both fun people,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt\u2019s like if you can\u2019t have fun with us, you can\u2019t have fun with anybody because we\u2019re lifers. We love life. We enjoy life. We don\u2019t like the negative. We really don\u2019t. It\u2019s hard for us to do negative. It\u2019s always been my struggle on the show (<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s never easy, a marriage,\u201d Melissa continued. \u201cWe definitely have our ups and downs\u2026We struggle, we fight, we battle. We\u2019re both very strong-minded people.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Joe and I have an argument, we have an argument, but I\u2019d be the first one to move on with my level head, and he\u2019ll hold that grudge for, like, five more days,\u201d she said. \u201cYou got five [days]. I start counting down the days until he\u2019s gonna let it go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hollywood is in mourning over the death of\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0mainstay\u00a0Cleto Escobedo. Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0himself shared the devastating news on Nov. 11,\u00a0writing on Instagram, \u201cEarly this morning, we lost a great friend, father, son,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t