PHOTOS: 'Welcome Back Kotter' actor Robert Hegyes dies

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  • LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 27: Actors John Travolta and Robert Hegyes pose at the afterparty for the premiere of Touchstone Picture's 'Wild Hogs' at the Annex on February 27, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: (L-R) Robert Hegyes, John Travolta and Ellen Travolta accept the 35th Anniversary Award for 'Welcome Back, Kotter' onstage at the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Robert Hegyes (L) and John Travolta accept the 35th Anniversary Award for 'Welcome Back, Kotter' onstage at the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
  • BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 15: (L-R) Actor Alan Thicke, George Lopez, actor and Robert Hegyes actor and Mark Linn-Baker, actor pose at the AOL and Warner Bros. launch of In2TV at the Museum of TV & Radio on March 15, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
  • BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 15: (l-r) Actor Michael DeLorenzo and actor Robert Hegyes attend the AOL and Warner Bros. Launch of In2TV at the Museum of TV & Radio on March 15, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
  • BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 15: (l-r) Actor Michael DeLorenzo and actor Robert Hegyes attend the AOL and Warner Bros. Launch of In2TV at the Museum of TV & Radio on March 15, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Robert Hegyes (L) and John Travolta accept the 35th Anniversary Award for 'Welcome Back, Kotter' onstage at the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: The cast and crew of 'Welcome Back, Kotter' (L-R) Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Marcia Strassman, Robert Hegyes, John Travolta, Ellen Travolta and Gabe Kaplan accept the 35th Anniversary Award onstage Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Robert Hegyes attends the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: The cast and crew of 'Welcome Back, Kotter' (L-R) Ellen Travolta, Gabe Kaplan, Marcia Strassman, John Travolta, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Robert Hegyes attend the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Robert Hegyes (L) and John Travolta accept the 35th Anniversary Award for 'Welcome Back, Kotter' onstage at the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: The cast and crew of 'Welcome Back, Kotter' (L-R) Robert Hegyes, Ellen Travolta, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Marcia Strassman, Gabe Kaplan and John Travolta attend the 9th Annual TV Land Awards at the Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: The cast and crew of 'Welcome Back, Kotter' (L-R) Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Marcia Strassman, Robert Hegyes, John Travolta, Gabe Kaplan and Ellen Travolta accept the 35th Anniversary Award onstage Javits Center on April 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
    
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METUCHEN, N.J. (AP) - Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" has died. 1/27/12 METUCHEN, N.J. (AP) - Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" has died. 1/27/12

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