"Cherish your friends," Kimmel said through tears. "We're not here forever."

Jimmy Kimmel paid an emotional tribute to his friend and band leader Cleto Escobedo in his monologue on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

"Cherish your friends," Kimmel said through tears. "We're not here forever."

Jimmy Kimmel said he would take the next few nights off from his late-night show after the death of his bandleader and childhood best friend.