Ron Palillo, Arnold Horshack on 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' dies at age 63

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Ron Palillo, Arnold Horshack on 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' dies at age 63 in Palm Beach Gardens home

Ron Palillo, best known as mouthy classroom goofball Arnold Horshack on the 1970s TV series Welcome Back, Kotter, died at his Palm Beach Gardens home early this morning, according to Stacy Sacco, Palillo’s friend.

Sacco said Palillo passed away suddenly at 4:30 a.m. He was 62.

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/entertainme...orshack-on-welcome-back-kotter-dies-at-age-63

We lost Epstein in January and now Horshack.

 

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Jacqueline Stander, an agent for Palillo, told NBC News that the actor had a heart attack and passed away in his sleep.

http://todayentertainment.today.msn...rshack-on-welcome-back-kotter-dies-at-63?lite

RIP Ron :rose:

 

[athy]

wow he's the second one to have died from that show this year.

 

[Leilei]

How sad I loved watching that show when I was a kid, and his laugh always cracked me up, along with the "ooo ooo Mr. Kotter!".

Rest in peace.