Nightly News   |  August 14, 2012

Ron Palillo has died

Best known for his character on the TV series ‘Welcome Back, Kotter,’ Palillo later found work as an acting teacher. He was 63 years old. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>> he was known to at least one american generation as horshack. as the l.a. times put, when we learned that ron perillo, a nugget of '70s culture died with him. he spent years as an acting teacher, he was 63 years old.