{"id":11852,"date":"2012-01-26T22:57:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T03:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=11852"},"modified":"2012-01-26T22:57:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T03:57:47","slug":"remembering-a-great-comedy-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=11852","title":{"rendered":"Remembering A Great Comedy Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Admittedly the role models were questionable at best, but Welcome Back Kotter was one of my children’s favorite shows when they were growing up. It was a fun show and the actors on it were extremely talented and always seemed to enjoy what they were doing.<\/p>\n

NJ.com<\/a>\u00a0reported today that\u00a0Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein on the show, died this morning in Metuchen,, New Jersey. He was 60.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

He graduated from Rowan University (then Glassboro State College) with a bachelor’s degree in speech\/theater and secondary education — Rowan spokesman Joe Cardona called him a “great friend” of the school, noting that he sported a Rowan shirt while co-starring as Det. Esposito on “Cagney and Lacey” — and quickly found work in New York, co-starring Off-Broadway in “Naomi Court” and in the Broadway drama “Don’t Call Back.” He was then cast as Epstein, a role he played for “Kotter”‘s four-season run on ABC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Hegyes was part of a cast of characters that gave us a lot of laughs during the four-season run of Welcome Back Kotter. He represents a type of free-flowing comedy that we don’t seem to have on television at the present time. He will be missed.<\/p>\n

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