‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ television star Robert Hegyes died Thursday, giving millions of Americans pause to reflect back in time to 1975, when Epstein, Vinnie Barbarino and the other ...

an Epstein, a Washington and a Barbarino. The cast brought this to life and made the show successful." 3. A couple of 'Angels' auditioned for Welcome Back Kotter Kate Jackson and Farrah Fawcett ...

He played Juan Epstein on the 1970s television show and was a regular on "Cagney & Lacey." By THR Staff Welcome Back Kotter Robert Hegyes - P 2012 The Flynn & Son Funeral Home in Fords ...

As a young critic, I liked the ABC sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter.” But I had a special spot in my heart for Juan Epstein, the character played with such energy and adventure by Robert Hegyes.

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 ...

"Welcome Back Kotter" Star Dies: Robert Hegyes, known for his role as Juan Epstein on "Welcome Back Kotter," has passed away at the age of 60. According to Reuters, Hegyes was in cardiac arrest ...

Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Luis Pedro Philippo DeHuevos Epstein on 1970s hit "Welcome Back, Kotter," has died at 60. A spokesman at JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J., told the Star-Ledger ...

Another Sweathog is gone. Seven months after "Welcome Back Kotter" star Robert Hegyes (Juan Epstein) died of a heart attack in New Jersey, Ron Palillo, who played the skinny, nerdy Arnold Horshack ...

Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein, to be exact – the fast-talking Jewish-Puerto Rican character on “Welcome Back, Kotter.” The 1970s sitcom made a handsome young actor named John ...

Mayor Eric Adams honored “Welcome Back, Kotter” and “Cooley High” actor ... Robert Hegyes as Juan Epstein (foreground), John Travolta (rear) as Vinnie Barbarino and Gabe Kaplan as Gabe ...

Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Luis Pedro Philippo DeHuevos Epstein on 1970s hit "Welcome Back, Kotter," has died at 60. Hegyes, who played one of the lead "Sweathogs" in teacher Gabriel Kaplan's ...

METUCHEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) --New Jersey-born Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show "Welcome Back Kotter'' has died.