Actor who played Horshack dead at 63 - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

magnet · 2012-08-14, 05:47 PM

Actor Ron Palillo, who played class joker Arnold Horshack in the 1970s TV comedy series “Welcome Back, Kotter,” died on Tuesday at the age of 63.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/14/ron-pa...er-dead-at-63/

thenewdc · 2012-08-14, 08:53 PM

Really sad, this is the second actor from Welcome Back Kotter that passed this year, Robert Hedgyes also died from a sudden heart attack. Man, only 2 sweat hogs left

wprager · 2012-08-14, 09:36 PM

Wow, only two left? Wait, wasn't Kotter himself the original sweathog?

So Principal Woodman, "Hotsy" Totsy, Epstein and now Horschack.

HDTV101 · 2012-08-15, 07:36 PM

How much you want a bet these guys did loads of coke in the 70's

Mexicanuck · 2012-08-16, 09:14 AM

@HDTV101 Do you have any evidence these people were serious drug abusers? Would you make the same allegation about me if I died of a heart attach today? Or if we learned tommorow that you experienced a similar outcome should we make the same comments about you?

I don't mean to sound snippy, but I don't think that, just because someone has had a public profile at some point in is life, that it is fair comment to publicly impugn them after their death.

Bent · 2012-08-17, 10:55 PM

Mexicanuck, thank you. That is the most polite way to have said what I was thinking.

2012-08-14, 05:47 PM	#1
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2012-08-16, 09:14 AM	#5
Mexicanuck Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cowichan Bay, BC Posts: 1,381	@HDTV101 Do you have any evidence these people were serious drug abusers? Would you make the same allegation about me if I died of a heart attach today? Or if we learned tommorow that you experienced a similar outcome should we make the same comments about you? I don't mean to sound snippy, but I don't think that, just because someone has had a public profile at some point in is life, that it is fair comment to publicly impugn them after their death. __________________ "Don't quote me on this." - Anonymous

2012-08-17, 10:55 PM	#6
Bent Veteran Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: MB Posts: 1,788	Mexicanuck, thank you. That is the most polite way to have said what I was thinking. __________________ I'm a sleep expert.

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2012-08-14, 08:53 PM	#2
thenewdc Veteran Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,308	Really sad, this is the second actor from Welcome Back Kotter that passed this year, Robert Hedgyes also died from a sudden heart attack. Man, only 2 sweat hogs left

2012-08-14, 09:36 PM	#3
wprager Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kanata, ON, Rogers Digital, 8300-HD Posts: 1,415	Wow, only two left? Wait, wasn't Kotter himself the original sweathog? So Principal Woodman, "Hotsy" Totsy, Epstein and now Horschack.

2012-08-15, 07:36 PM	#4
HDTV101 Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,000	How much you want a bet these guys did loads of coke in the 70's