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Your comments: Remembering Robert Hegyes aka Juan Epstein of 'Welcome Back Kotter'
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Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein in the 70's show, "Welcome Back, Kotter," died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Metuchen. Hegyes was born in New Jersey, and also starred in "Cagney and Lacey." NJ.com users remembered the actor and the
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 heart attack after
By Sue Epstein/The Star-Ledger Star-Ledger fileJonathan Zarate is pictured in Morris Superior Court in a 2008 photo. Zarate's murder conviction was upheld by an appeals court today. MORRISTOWN — An appeals court panel has upheld the conviction of a
But I had a special spot in my heart for Juan Epstein, the character played with such energy and adventure by Robert Hegyes. I didn't really understand my affection for Hegyes and Epstein, though, until 2000 when I wrote "The Jews of Prime Time," a
In addition to his famed role on “Welcome Back, Kotter,” Hegyes was recurring character on “Cagney & Lacey”