Robert Hegyes, Juan Epstein of 'Welcome Back Kotter' dead at 60


METUCHEN, NJ (AP) — The actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" has died. The Flynn & Son Funeral Home in Fords, NJ, says it was informed of Robert Hegyes' death Thursday by the

Oddly and bizarrely the old TV sitcom Welcome Back Kotter brings to mind similarities of Germany's old Nuremburg laws, and the Kobach inspired new immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona. If television were reality (check that, television is reality)

The Newark Star Ledger is reporting that "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Robert Hegyes is dead.

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The Newark Star Ledger is reporting that "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Robert Hegyes is dead.