Robert Hegyes, played Epstein on 'Kotter,' dies

In addition to his famed role on “Welcome Back, Kotter,” Hegyes was recurring character on “Cagney & Lacey”

Chicago Cubs new manager Dale Sveum, right, throws out a ceremonial first pitch as Theo Epstein, president of baseball operations, plays with a ball during the 27th Annual Chicago Cubs Convention in Chicago on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012.

It's not clear if Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have already completed filming Moore's part in the movie or if they will even move forward with using her, but it seems as though the two directors can replace the actress seeing that Moore's role in

By Jonathan D. Epstein Whether it's improving education, growing the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus or renewing the focus on economic development, Western New York needs to put egos, politics and negativity aside to work collaboratively if the region

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