Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein on '70s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter, died Thursday, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. Hegyes, who died of an apparent heart attack after suffering chest pains at his Metuchen, New Jersey home, was 60.
With his distinctive walk and tough guy character and always pulling out an excuse note signed by "Epstein's mother" this Puerto Rican jew held his own as one of the original sweat hogs. At least we still have Barbarino, Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington, and Horshack.
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Who? I never cared for that show...then again, at the time I was more interested in GI Joe and Super-Friends and not so much in Puerto-Rican Jews in remedial after-school classes.
Anyhoo...RIP Robert Hegyes.
It was a great show. I'm sure if you watched it today, you would get some good laughs.
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