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Robert Hegyes, Juan Epstein of 'Welcome Back Kotter' dead at 60
The Star-Ledger ^
| January 26, 2012
| Vicki Hyman
Posted on 01/26/2012 2:55:18 PM PST by John W
Robert Hegyes, the Jersey-born actor who played Jewish Puerto Rican wheeler-dealer Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on the 1970s classic "Welcome Back Kotter," died from an apparent heart attack after suffering chest pains at his Metuchen home this morning. He was 60.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: epstein; kotter; roberthegyes; sweathogs; welcomebackkotter
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posted on
01/26/2012 2:55:22 PM PST
by
John W
To: John W
Adios, Juan. Thanks for the gap-toothed smiles!
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posted on
01/26/2012 2:57:41 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: John W
I am astounded by the number of people dying at the ages of 50-60. Seems like too many. I thought people were more concerned about their health nowadays...
To: John W
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posted on
01/26/2012 2:59:10 PM PST
by
tsowellfan
(https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
To: Thorliveshere
Yes, nowdays.
Not in the seventies.
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posted on
01/26/2012 2:59:42 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: John W
I loved that show,,,God I feel so old!
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posted on
01/26/2012 2:59:55 PM PST
by
austinaero
(Obama or America - can't have both)
To: John W
< Cotter voice > “We were so poor we did not have guns for our gang fights. We inserted the bullets manually.”< / Cotter>
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:02:55 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: tsowellfan
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:04:02 PM PST
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: austinaero
I loved that show,,,God I feel so old! Just keep telling yourself that they were probably in their 30s when they played high school kids. Not sure if it's true but it makes ME feel better. :)
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:04:14 PM PST
by
tsowellfan
(https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
To: going hot
< Vinny voice > “Up ya nose wit a rubba hose.”
To: John W
Lordy so young!
I used to love “signed, Epstein’s Mother...” Also that character was one of the first truly multi-ethnic characters on TV.
RIP and prayers for the family.
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:07:15 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
To: PhiloBedo
I don't know why Horshack's not in the photo.
He teaches in Florida now.
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:08:07 PM PST
by
tsowellfan
(https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
To: John W
Welcome back; your dreams were your ticket out
Welcome back to the same old place you laughed about...
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:10:17 PM PST
by
JimRed
(Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: John W
Good to know he stayed true to his roots and was living in Metuchen.
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:11:23 PM PST
by
Argus
To: tsowellfan
The woman who played Gabe’s wife still looks darn good. Who’sthe other lady?
To: hampdenkid
(L-R) Actors Ellen Travolta, Gabe Kaplan, Marcia Strassman, John Travolta, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Robert Hegyes attend the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City.
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:26:31 PM PST
by
tsowellfan
(https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
To: hampdenkid
That “Ellen Travolta”... wow she looks like John. Is she a sibling or his wife?
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:28:57 PM PST
by
tsowellfan
(https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
To: John W
Fwiw,
Life In Legacy is always interesting .
For instance, Dick Tufeld, the voice of the Robot on Lost In Space died.
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:32:54 PM PST
by
csvset
To: tsowellfan
His sister. Played Horshacks’s mom in three episodes and Chachi’s mom in Happy Days
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:40:36 PM PST
by
cport
(How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
To: John W
I won’t believe it until I see a note from his mother.
Sad.
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posted on
01/26/2012 3:40:42 PM PST
by
Arm_Bears
(Journalists first; then lawyers.)
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