Robert Hegyes, Epstein from 'Welcome Back Kotter', Dies


By AP | January 27, 2012 | + (METUCHEN, NJ ) — Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show “Welcome Back Kotter” has died. He was 60.The Flynn & Son Funeral Home in Fords, NJ,

Farewell to Welcome Back, Kotter's Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein on the classic sitcom. He passed away of an apparent heart attack at age 60. Bebe Nuewirth is headed to The Good Wife to play a judge in a recurring role.

Robet Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter, died of an apparent heart attack on Thursday. Along with the hit '70s sitcom, Hegyes also starred in the detective series Cagney & Lacey and guest-starred on a number of other

[Hollywood Reporter] • Robert Hegyes – an actor best known for playing Juan Epstein, one of the “Sweathogs” on the '70s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter” – has died at the age of 60. [Chicago Tribune] Reader comments on sltrib.com are the opinions of the

By AP | January 27, 2012 | + (METUCHEN, NJ ) — Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show “Welcome Back Kotter” has died. He was 60.The Flynn & Son Funeral Home in Fords, NJ,