Ron Palilo, Horshack from ‘Welcome Back Kotter’ passes away at age 63
The actor best known as the nerdy high-school student Arnold Horshack on “Welcome Back, Kotter,” has died in Floridaat the age of 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 played from 1975 to 1979 on the ABC sitcom: a nasally Brooklyn teen whose hand shot skyward and who barked out a string of “Ooohs” when a teacher posed a question.
Of Horshack, Palillo once told an interviewer from the Birmingham News: “While I loved him, I really loved him, I didn’t want to do him forever.”
Most recently, Palilo lost to Screech (Dustin Diamond) from “Saved by the Bell” in Celebrity Boxing.
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