'Welcome Back, Kotter': Robert Hegyes' 'Epstein' helped alter TV

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

"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 "Sweathogs" ruled. The plot for "Welcome Back, Kotter" might sound a

"Welcome Back Kotter" actor Robert Hegyes has died. According to New Jersey's The Star-Ledger, he was 60 years old.

Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican high schooler Juan Epstein on the 1970s television sitcom Welcome Back Kotter, died this week. He was 60.

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