Tue Aug 14, 2012, 01:11 PM
Ron Palillo, TV's 'Horshack,' dead at 63Last edited Tue Aug 14, 2012, 01:13 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
Source: CNN
(CNN) -- Actor Ron Palillo, who played class clown Arnold Horshack on the 1970s television comedy "Welcome Back, Kotter," has died at age 63, his agent said Tuesday. Palillo died of a heart attack in the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, area, where he had moved to live near his mother and was active in the theater, his agent, Scott Stander, told CNN. He was best known for his role as one of the "Sweathogs" -- remedial students at a Brooklyn high school -- on the 1975-79 show, which starred Gabe Kaplan and launched the career of fellow Sweathog John Travolta. Palillo's "Oooh! Oooh!" appeals for attention became the character's catchphrase. Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/14/showbiz/obit-palillo/index.html RIP, Horshack 
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 Ron Palillo, TV's 'Horshack,' dead at 63 (Original post) |
Ruby the Liberal | Aug 2012 | OP |
| AngryOldDem | Aug 2012 | #1 | |
| Archae | Aug 2012 | #2 | |
| GreenPartyVoter | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| Archae | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| GreenPartyVoter | Aug 2012 | #7 | |
| watrwefitinfor | Aug 2012 | #21 | |
| Ruby the Liberal | Aug 2012 | #9 | |
| yurbud | Aug 2012 | #25 | |
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| leftynyc | Aug 2012 | #4 | |
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| Behind the Aegis | Aug 2012 | #14 | |
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| craigmatic | Aug 2012 | #17 | |
| Jennicut | Aug 2012 | #18 | |
| BumRushDaShow | Aug 2012 | #19 | |
| Major Hogwash | Aug 2012 | #20 | |
| Cooley Hurd | Aug 2012 | #22 | |
| Cooley Hurd | Aug 2012 | #23 | |
| underpants | Aug 2012 | #24 | |
| CBHagman | Aug 2012 | #27 | |
| needledriver | Aug 2012 | #26 |
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 01:19 PM
2. First Epstein, now Horshack.
Response to Archae (Reply #6)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 08:19 PM
watrwefitinfor (1,169 posts)
21. Damn. Now you really made me cry. n/t
Response to Archae (Reply #2)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 09:54 PM
yurbud (31,463 posts)
25. Did they film that show downwind of Three Mile Island or something?
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 01:19 PM
3. :^( Perfect picture of him. Just the way I remember him from my youth.
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 01:28 PM
10. OMG man! R.I.P Ron
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Thank you for your work
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Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:34 PM
Bertha Venation (20,240 posts)
13. Damn.
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:37 PM
Behind the Aegis (28,090 posts)
14. How sad. I also didn't know he was gay.
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:45 PM
16. I guess it's not just the cattle who are dying
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 03:04 PM
17. This is so sad. I loved that show.
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 06:13 PM
Jennicut (25,411 posts)
18. My parents went to high school with him.
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 06:23 PM
BumRushDaShow (12,023 posts)
19. Arggggghhhh
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Another Sweat Hog gone.
 That show was a staple through my entire 4 years in high school.
Condolences to the Palillo family and R.I.P. Ron. "Oooo! OoooOooooo! Mister KOTTTTT-errrrrrrrr!!!!" |
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 06:34 PM
20. Wow, he was pretty young.
Response to Major Hogwash (Reply #20)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 08:27 PM
Cooley Hurd (21,057 posts)
22. Mr Woodman was the principal
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...played by John Sylvester White. He's dead, as well...
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Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 08:29 PM
Cooley Hurd (21,057 posts)
23. I loved the show and though Horshack was the funniest of the Sweathogs...
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He seemed the most... vulnerable.
Cross gently, Ron. Damn... |
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 08:49 PM
underpants (105,663 posts)
24. Palillo is survived by Joseph Gramm, his partner of 41 years
Response to underpants (Reply #24)
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 03:31 PM
CBHagman (14,095 posts)
27. That was the last line of The Washington Post obit.
