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Ron Palillo, Horshack on 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' Dies at 63
yahoo ^ | august 15, 2012

Posted on 08/15/2012 3:04:53 AM PDT by lowbridge

Ron Palillo, best known for his role as Arnold Horshack on the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," has died, the Palm Beach Post reports. He was 63.

He died at 4:30 a.m. at his Palm Beach Gardens home, a friend, Stacy Sacco, told the paper .

Palillo had been teaching at the G-Star Academy, a Florida charter school. He previously taught at his alma mater, the University of Connecticut, according to Corporate Artists , which employed him for speaking gigs.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: again; arnoldhorshack; hollywood; horshack; kotter; obituary; ronpalillo; welcomebackkotter

1 posted on 08/15/2012 3:05:05 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

... did he get to collect any of his contributions to the Social Security Trust Fund?


2 posted on 08/15/2012 3:10:40 AM PDT by Ken522
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To: lowbridge

No mention on how he died.


3 posted on 08/15/2012 3:12:27 AM PDT by tsowellfan (Voting for Obama/Biden is like purposely swallowing two tapeworms)
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To: tsowellfan

Heart


4 posted on 08/15/2012 3:14:02 AM PDT by stormhill
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To: lowbridge
from another source

Palillo and his partner of 41 years, Joseph Gramm, lived in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Oooo, Ooooo gay horshack, who'd a thunk it...(sarc)

5 posted on 08/15/2012 3:40:02 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: lowbridge

“Horshack is a name from the old country. It means ‘the cattle are dying’.”


6 posted on 08/15/2012 5:52:09 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Re-electing Obama is like backing the Titanic up to hit the iceberg a second time.)
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