Welcome Back, Kotter's Juan Epstein, Robert Hegyes, Dead at 60

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The 60-year-old, who starred opposite John Travolta on the 1970s TV sitcom, has passed away on Thursday, January 26 morning after suffering chest pains at his Metuchen, New Jersey home.

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

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Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein—one of Gabe Kaplan's "star" pupils—in Welcome Back, Kotter, died this morning after an apparent heart attack, according to New Jersey's Star Ledger. He was 60. The actor, who also played a detective