He died in September -- almost 10 years after the show went off the air. Hegyes died in January at Story highlights Palillo played Arnold Horshack on "Welcome Back, Kotter" He died of a heart attack in Florida at age 63, his agent said He had been teaching acting to high school students.
Jacqueline Stander, an agent for Palillo, told NBC News that the actor had a heart attack and passed away in his sleep. Palillo was inextricably linked with the character he played from to on "Kotter," the hit ABC sitcom, in which title character Gabe Kotter returns to his Brooklyn alma mater to teach a group of loveable wiseguys known as the Sweathogs. Horshack was the nasally teen who yelped, "Oooh, ooh," and shot his hand skyward whenever Kotter posed a question. The show was a ratings success and pop cultural phenomenon, injecting smart-Alec phrases such as "Up your nose with a rubber hose" into the mainstream and propelling co-star John Travolta to stardom.
But the series only lasted as long as a high school education and its end, for Palillo, brought difficulty. He said he felt exiled throughout the s, unable to find parts, sinking into depression, and rarely venturing from his apartment.
When offers did come, he felt typecast as Horshack. He was an amazing human being. Gabe Kotter, played by Gabe Kaplan, a former Sweathog, returned to his Brooklyn high school to teach a new class of delinquents. Click through to see what the stars of the show are up to now. In April , "Good Morning America" reunited the cast of the s hit show "Welcome Back, Kotter" that brought catchphrases to classrooms coast-to-coast and catapulted the sweathogs, remedial students in Mr.
Kotter's high school class, into millions of young hearts. He was Simpson: American Crime Story. Juan Epstein often tried to get out of Mr. Following his turn as Det. Unfortunately, Bobby passed away at age 60 in January from a heart attack after suffering from chest pains at his home.
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