Posted on 08/14/2012 10:05:05 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Ron Palillo—the actor who played Horshack on “Welcome Back, Kotter”—died this morning at his home near Palm Beach, FL from an apparent heart attack … this according to someone close to the actor.
We’re told Palillo was found by his partner of many years, Joseph Gramm, around 4:00 AM. Gramm called an ambulance and Palillo was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
We’re told the heart attack was very unexpected. Palillo was 63. …
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Oh VERY much so!
The people from Kotter, One day at a time etc had an exclusively American audience.
TV , just as Cinema, is very much a global experience!
Hollywood might remain in America, but it is no longer just interested in America!
Is that Hoot Gibson?
So I understand you graduated from public school within the last 30 years.
“Oooo, oooo, oooo! . . . ACK!”
Homosexuals hire homosexuals. It’s hard to make it in that field unless you are homosexual (no pun intended).
Horschak gay? No way! RIP.
I didn’t need to know that about someone who grew up 10 miles from me.
I remember seeing Ron on the UConn campus back in the early 70’s ( he was 3 years ahead of me ) . Kotter ran from 76-779 . Acording to Wiki , “ After Welcome Back, Kotter, Palillo appeared in supporting roles in various television series and performed the voice in various animated series such as Laverne & Shirley in the Army, Darkwing Duck, and Rubik, the Amazing Cube where he played the lead character. In 1996, Palillo played himself in several episodes of Ellen, where he became the love interest of Ellen’s friend Audrey. He also played a small part in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.
Outside of acting, Palillo was also an artist, having provided the art for two children’s books: The Red Wings of Christmas and A Gift for the Contessa. He is credited on these as “Ronald G. Paolillo”, which he used in memory of his father.
Palillo returned to New York in 1991, and played roles as Mozart in Amadeus, George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls. He also appeared in The Curse of Micah Rood. He appeared on Broadway in 2008 in Broadway Backwards 4, a charity event for people with AIDS.
In 1996, Palillo hosted a promotional event in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, where he and actors dressed in 1970s clothing distributed special MetroCards publicizing a week of 1970s programming on VH1 to passing commuters. In 2007, he introduced a new clothing line specializing in limited-edition t-shirts produced by Rotter and Friends.
In 2005, his first full length play, The Lost Boy, the true story of Peter Pan author J. M. Barrie, was produced in New York State.
Palillo was a teacher at G-Star School Of The Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting in Palm Springs, Florida .
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I'm surprised he didn't have a heart attack then. Brutal.
When I went to high school the author of “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” was known as Edward GIBBON, not ‘Gibson.’
"Long time partner"? I guess that explain why he turned up on Ellen.
Robert Hegyes (Juan Epstein, in real-life Hungarian and Italian, rather than Jewish and Puerto Rican) also died this year, also of a heart attack.
RIP. :-(
As opposed to heart attacks that occur when they’re supposed too???
It is sad.
There was ABC, NBC, and CBS, and that was really it (in the mainstream).
So chances are, people across all “categories” watched the same shows, and taught a common way of how to behave in public. And had something light to talk about.
Now, not so much.
RIP
Looking up his age he was only 4 years younger than Gabe Kaplan.
The cast of that show is dropping like flies, it wasn’t that long ago that Juan Epstien died right? It’s been so long since I’ve seen that show on nick at nite.
Debbie Gibson wrote a book...and it was about Rome?
who was the women who played Gabe’s wife, she was attractive.
Marcia Strassman, still alive.
I agree with you 100%, she was hot, she could have done better than Mr. Cotter.
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