OMG Horshack has died

[LynneSin]

I had such a massive crush on him when I would watch Welcome Back Kotter - I always had a thing for nerdy guys.

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/08/14/13279270-ron-palillo-horshack-on-welcome-back-kotter-dies-at-63?lite

Ron Palillo, Horshack on 'Welcome Back Kotter,' dies at 63

Actor Ron Palillo, who played Arnold Horshack on the 1970s television series "Welcome Back Kotter," died Tuesday at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 63.

Jacqueline Stander, an agent for Palillo, told NBC News that the actor had a heart attack and passed away in his sleep.

WPTV.com reported the death on its website after it was confirmed by Greg Hauptner, founder and CEO of G-Star Academy, the Palm Springs charter school where Palillo taught classes in 2009.

Palillo starred as Horshack, the goofball of the high school group known as the Sweathogs on the hit series. The show aired from 1975-79 and featured a young John Travolta as Vinny Barbarino.

First Davy Jones and now Horshack - it's like all my childhood crushes have died

[HopeHoops]

1. Okay, I can understand Davy Jones, but Horshack?

[LynneSin]

2. yeah I had odd tastes

go figure

[HopeHoops]

5. (ahem) Perry County

[LynneSin]

8. At least I wasn't a douchebag from Cumberland County

[HopeHoops]

12. FUCK no! Don't you infringe on MY territory. I'M the douchebag from Cumberland County.

So there.

[KamaAina]

3. "I always had a thing for nerdy guys."

I wish I'd known that before our long-ago NYC meetup.

Come to think of it, I may have just the one for you. He's a huge Led Zep fan!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021129949

[LynneSin]

4. I'll be come celibate first before that asshole

[NightWatcher]

6. his last words were "ooh ooh ooh ooh"

too soon?

I'm already going to hell, now I'm working on getting a spot up front

[LynneSin]

7. No, I think Ron would get a good laugh over that one

Not like that playboy centerfold that made jokes the day after the Aurora/Batman shooting.

[OmahaBlueDog]

9. First Epstein, then Horshack

Time is not being kind to the Sweathogs.

[MrBuddyLee]

10. That suX0rs

Who is next to go from Kotter's Class Room??

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

11. You had a crush on Horschack?

Too many punchlines, not enough time...