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Ron Palillo, who played Arnold Horshack on “Welcome Back, Kotter” has died. He was 63. The actor died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. While he lent his talents to projects ranging from “Darkwing Duck” to Ellen DeGeneres’ sitcom, he was best known as the sublimely annoying but good-hearted high school student Horshack ... Read More »

Actor Robert Hegyes, one of the stars of the 70s sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter” died today of an apparent heart attack. Hegyes was best known for his role as the Puerto Rican-Jew on that show — Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein. Epstein for short. Hegyes reunited with John Travolta and the rest of the Sweathogs last year to ... Read More »