Rodney Muñoz, the Emmy Award-winning costume designer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, has died. He was 60.

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Muñoz died Oct. 2, his friend Joe Dietl announced in a Facebook post. His cause of death was not immediately available. However, Dietl said he contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic and was put into a coma and ventilated, and has been dealing with health issues in the years since.

Jimmy Kimmel penned a tribute on Instagram Friday, writing, “Our dear friend and Costume Designer for almost 30 years, Rodney Muñoz, has sadly passed away.”

“Rodney was one of the most talented people I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. He was a funny, surly, hard-working man whose tough exterior hid a huge and generous heart,” he wrote. “Rodney helped many of us through difficult times. He was a devoted son, brother, and Uncle; a great baker, and a caring friend. No man saw me in my underpants more.”

Muñoz began working on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2002, where he earned his Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding costumes for a variety/music program or a special in 2010.

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He attended New York University from 1988-1993, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in costume design for stage and screen. After his studies, Muñoz joined The Late Show with David Letterman, where he worked as a costume designer until 2000.

Before Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he worked as a costume designer on projects including Champions of Magic 2, Can’t Stop Dancing and Popstars, and as a wardrobe stylist on Fear Factor. However, he found a permanent home on the late night series in the early aughts. He also worked on the costuming for Dietl’s web series Where the Bears Are.

Muñoz additionally styled Kimmel when he hosted the 2018 Academy Awards.

“We will miss Rodney as he joins his beloved parents in whatever comes next,” Kimmel concluded his Instagram post.

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