Posted 2 hours agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownJimmy Kimmel Struggled Through Tears To Deliver The "Hardest" Monologue Of His Career"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."by Ed MazzaHuffPost WriterFacebookPinterestLink Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday paid tribute to his lifelong friend and bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III, who died earlier in the day. Randy Holmes / Getty Images He was 59.