Robert Hagyes is second row to right.
Posted on 01/27/2012 1:47:10 PM PST by Morgana
(CNN) -- Robert Hegyes known for his role as Juan Epstein on the '70s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died on Thursday. He was 60.
Hegyes was transported via ambulance from his home in Metuchen, New Jersey, Thursday morning, and was in full cardiac arrest by the time he reached the hospital, Steven Weiss, a spokesman for the JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey, confirmed to CNN.
"He was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived there," Weiss said.
Hegyes' brother, Mark Hegyes, told The Star-Ledger that the actor had suffered a heart attack a couple of years ago and was not in good health.
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Robert Hagyes is second row to right.
Interesting bio on IMDB. He was Hungarian-Italian and a cousin to Jon Bon Jovi.
Rest in Peace.
See also yesterday’s thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2838446/posts
VERY good. You remember.
like WOW I remember that magazine!
I wonder if it is still in print?
LOL! Good one.
I just turned 60.......
GMA showed a clip from a recent awards ceremony when he was on stage. They guy looked really, really old with long white hair. I don’t think he was any older than about 61 or 62 was he?
Read the article stupid, he was 60.......
HT... you know it isn’t nice to call HT stupid. Now, cut that out!
Condolences to family and friends of Robert Hegyes.
Please excuse my son, Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein from class today as he has passed away from a heart attack. - signed, Epstein’s Mother
Nope...folded in 1992.
Use to love watching “Welcome Back Kotter” when I was a kid !
Well that is a shocker! It made it to 1992! I stopped getting it sometime around 1983. I remember when “the Dukes of Hazzard” were on it!
My favorite thing was “Bummers” always began with “Don’t you hate.......”?
Oh yeah! Here were some of my favorites:
“Don’t you hate politicians who take your money, use it to buy votes, and then talk about their compassion?”
“Don’t you hate politicians who cut off almost every source of energy, then blame the energy companies when prices get high?”
Okay, neither of those were from Dynamite. But they should have been...
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