'Welcome Back, Kotter': Robert Hegyes' 'Epstein' helped alter TV

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.

Robert Hegyes, who played the wisecracking student Juan Epstein in 1970s comedy "Welcome Back, Kotter," has died. Quirky workplace TV comedy "The Office" may be headed for greener pastures. Halle Berry has been interviewed by officials from Los

Robert Hegyes, who played the wisecracking student Juan Epstein in 1970s comedy "Welcome Back, Kotter," has died. Quirky workplace TV comedy "The Office" may be headed for greener pastures. Halle Berry has been interviewed by officials from Los

By David Zurawik The Baltimore Sun As a young critic, I liked the ABC sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter." But I had a special spot in my heart for Juan Epstein, the character played with such energy and adventure by Robert Hegyes. I didn't really understand

Oddly and bizarrely the old TV sitcom Welcome Back Kotter brings to mind similarities of Germany's old Nuremburg laws, and the Kobach inspired new immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona. If television were reality (check that, television is reality)