he suffered from pancreatitis, seen here in the documentary "avicii: true story."ied. >> based on how i've been feeling and the pain i've had today, they don't think i'm going to be fit for the shows anyways. thte ddsf h publicly he along with his fame. >> i think he had a kind of invincible mind state, like nothing can touch me, i'm cape avl of everything, i can party tonight and still do this gig tomorrow and then travel halfway around the world. >> reporter: vincent pontera and solomon al faquay, known as vargas and larola. >> we met him in the early days because he just had released "lemon." ♪ we were there from the beginning. >> he loved writing the songs like super old school, on piano or guitar. never on tracks. he was like super into melodies and loved the structure of melodies and was super picky about everything. he always had a really clear vision where he wanted to go with his music. and he had this idea about we should make some country music with this other thing. and we wrote something called "hey brother." ♪ hey brother ♪ there's an endless road to

. -- and a tribute to avicii d now, j kimmel! >> jimmy: welcome, thank you, m. i'm the host of the show. thank you for coming. thanks for watching, i'm glad you're here. oh, we have a super powerful show for you tonight. this is a rare night in hollywood where there are actual super bowls instead of the fake ones outside. the cast of "dark phoenix" is with us. [cheers and applause] magnito, the beast, cyclops flagstaff, phoenix, i made the last one up. but they're all your favorite x men and women. there are more celebrities than parents weekend at ufc. it's quite an evening. and also with us, i'm super excited about this, he's the new heavyweight champion of the world. he is the first mexican ever to be heavyweight champion of the world. andy ruiz jr. is here. he got knocked down. he got back up again. he really captured the spirit of chumba wumba on saturday night. that's ruiz. it's funny. i was at the dodger game. i got texts from people congratulating guillermo. on winning the heavyweight title. put that back up there for a second. i do see a bit of resembla

. -- and a tribute to avicii d now, j kimmel! >> jimmy: welcome, thank you, m. host of the show. thank you for coming. thanks for watching, i'm glad you're here. oh, we have a super powerful show for you tonight. this is a rare night in hollywood where there are actual super bowls instead of the fake ones outside. the cast of "dark phoenix" is with us.

. -- and a tribute to avicii featuring aloe blacc. and now, hold tight, jimmy kimmel!you, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for coming. thanks for watching, i'm glad you're here. oh, we have a super powerful show for you tonight. this is a rare night in hollywood where there are actual super bo

i want to ask about avicii. you worked with him on "wake me up." such a huge hit.. i got the lyrics from the label and looked at them and thought, how am i getting this sos as a song after tim is gone. it felt like i really and all of us wanted to have this message way before so that we could have been there to support him. >> because he really did talk about his struggles in the song when we hear it. >> absolutely and it's in the lyrics and in the sentiment and he had written in his notes he wanted me to sing the song but never communicated that to me. we were working on other things, via emails and text messages. >> must have been so concerning to his producers, tim said have aloe do "sos." >> in our communication i was super impressed with the way he could create melodies on the drop of a dime and come up with great productions and sonic landscapes. he was impressed with i moo voice and how much diversity i had and the range so i think he just knew that with this song, i could attack it and accomplish what he was looking for. >> and keep his spirit alive. >> and

>> tonight -- ♪ so wake me up when it's all over ♪ waking up to the iconic beats by dj powerhouse avicii as a new program searches for the nation's next basketball stars. coaching and molding them into great players and even greater men. but first, here are the "nightline" 5.