PASSINGS: Robert Hegyes

Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show Welcome Back Kotter has died. He was.

One of pop culture's better known TV stars from the '70s, Robert Hegyes, has died. Most known for playing Juan Luis Pedro Philippo DeHuevos Epstein in the hit show Welcome Back Kotter, Robert passed away from a heart attack.

He played Juan Epstein on the 1970s television show and was a regular on "Cagney & Lacey."

Losing Robert Hegyes (Welcome Back, Kotter's Epstein) has taken us here at Screen Junkies by surprise. I guess we just figured that he'd always be around and took for granted the fact that life is fleeting. We never called to check in on him or made

Actor Robert Hegyes passed away this morning of a heart attack. He was 60. Hegyes is best known for his portrayal of Juan Luis Pedro Philippo DeHuevos Epstein, one of the sweathogs on Welcome Back, Kotter from 1975 to