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Robert Hegyes, 60, actor on ‘Welcome Back Kotter’ show

Mr. Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show “Welcome Back Kotter,’’ has died. He was 60.

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