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

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Actor had played Juan Epstein on popular '70s sitcom.

The actor reportedly suffered a heart attack in New Jersey Thursday morning.

[Hollywood Reporter] • Robert Hegyes – an actor best known for playing Juan Epstein, one of the “Sweathogs” on the '70s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter” – has died at the age of 60. [Chicago Tribune] Reader comments on sltrib.com are the opinions of the