TV's 'Horshack' Ron Palillo dead at 63

[Frank Fire]

PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Ron Palillo, the actor best known as Horshack, the sweathog with the infectious laugh, on TV's "Welcome Back, Kotter," died at his Florida home, a friend said.

He was 63.

The Connecticut-born actor's friend Stacy Sacco confirmed his sudden death Tuesday to the Palm Beach Post.

No cause has been disclosed yet, but Sacco said he had not been in poor health.

"He just couldn't have been more fun and intelligent or talented. He was an amazing human being," Sacco told the Post, recalling how she met him 20 years ago when he was a guest star on "Ellen" and Sacco was the sitcom's script supervisor. "I had been a fan. We all knew who he was. He was a shining star."

The newspaper said Palillo spent the last three years teaching acting classes at G-Star School of the Arts, a charter school in Palm Springs.

He is survived by his partner of 41 years, Joseph Gramm, a retired actor, the Post said.



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[Mr. Daystar]

That sucks. Horshack was the best one. I think almost everyone from that generation pulled the "OH OH OH" move on their teacher at least once.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

I remember him from Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Fuck. Why couldn't it have been Gabe Kaplan instead? RIP Arnold.

 

[lurkingdirk]

So much for the reunion show I was hoping for.

 

[jod0565]

He passed from a heart attack, I read.

RIP Horshack.

 

[zeeblofowl_1969]

Horshack is a very important name..... It means the cattle are dying...... R.I.P and thanks for the laughs.