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‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ Star Ron Palillo Dies At 63

Associated Press | by Matt Sendensky

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The actor best known as the nerdy high-school student Arnold Horshack on “Welcome Back, Kotter,” has died in Florida. Ron Palillo was 63. Palillo’s friend, Karen Poindexter, says Palillo died early Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens of an apparent heart attack. Palillo was forever remembered for the character he […]