Ron Palillo has ripped away another piece of my childhood, never to be replaced. He played Horshack in the original Welcome Back, Kotter (here are my thoughts on the new movie version planned). He has ...

That “Ooh! Ooh ooh!” That Horshack laugh. When Ron Palillo died Tuesday morning at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., another little nugget of ‘70s pop culture died with him. Palillo, best known ...

Actor Ron Palillo, best known as the adorably irritating Arnold Horshack from the 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter,” died yesterday in Florida, marking the second “Sweathog” to pass away this year.

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) – Ron Palillo, the actor best known as the nerdy high school student Arnold Horshack on the 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter,” died Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, ...

Actor Ron Palillo, who died early Tuesday morning of a heart attack at age 63, will be remembered by a generation of Americans as Arnold Horshack, the whiny-voiced lovable loser he played on the hit ...

Actor Ron Palillo, best known as the adorably irritating Arnold Horshack from the 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter,” died this morning in Florida. The 63-year-old Connecticut native collapsed at his ...