It's been more than 30 years since "Welcome Back Kotter" debuted on ABC. This was the show that introduced John Travolta to the world. Robert Hegyes payed a character on the show named Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein. The character was a Jewish Puerto Rican underachiever. Very funny character. He was famous for bringing notes of excuse, to class, signed "Epstein's Mother." The gag was repeated often and never got "old."
Hegyes died of an apparent heart attack after suffering chest pains at his Metuchen, New Jersey home He was 60.
Here is a YouTube link to a scene from "Welcome Back Kotter."
Hegyes died of an apparent heart attack after suffering chest pains at his Metuchen, New Jersey home He was 60.
Here is a YouTube link to a scene from "Welcome Back Kotter."
