Robert Hegyes Dead: 'Welcome Back Kotter' Actor Dies At 60
"Welcome Back Kotter" actor Robert Hegyes has died. According to New Jersey's The Star-Ledger, he was 60 years old.
The Star-Ledger reports he suffered an apparent heart attack in his New Jersey home on Thursday morning.
Hegyes is best known for playing Juan Epstein on "Welcome Back
Kotter," the 1970s sitcom, which starred John Travolta and Gabe Kaplan.
He appeared in all four seasons of the sitcom and joined most of his
fellow Sweathogs at the "Welcome Back Kotter" reunion held at the 2011 TV Land Awards.
After "Kotter," Hegyes went on to co-star in "Cagney and Lacey" as
Detective Manny Esposito. His other TV work includes an episode of "The
Love Boat," "NewsRadio" and "CHiPS."
Hegyes' last credited role was in the 2002 movie "Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool."
His brother Mark told The Star-Ledger that Robert was retired, but
still talked about being involved in local arts efforts. "He always had
these great schemes," his brother said, "but last week he said, 'I'm not
going to do that anymore.'"
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