Ron Palillo Dead: John Travolta Remembers; Horshack's Best Moments From 'Welcome Back Kotter'

Welcome Back, Kotter, What's Happening, Sanford and Son, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, All In The Family, Soap, Barney Miller, The Odd Couple, Good Times and The Jeffersons were and still are the greatest and most classic sitcoms in 70s tv! Nothing the past decade or so comes close to the golden ages of tv we all grew up in whether you were here in the 60s, 70s and 80s or the 90s and 2000s tv was so great then. R. I.P. Horshack!

Michael Carver "chronic"

Travolta left them all to obscurity, sad, cruel....

RIP ron you where great and you will be remembered forever‼️🤗🤗🤗

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The best

Ooh, ooh, ooh!

MISS R.I.P.

The thing I like best about the show every episode taught you a life lesson. I remember one episode where Kotter says to Vinny you are failing something more important than history, you are failing life.

R.i.p ron WBK still cracks me up in 23

I wonder how much hand relief Travolta provided backstage? LOTS? ... did you say LOTS?...

... Im hearing LOTS.

Hello to you and Mrs. P from the great state of Texas. We will continue to have warm weather here on out, no complaints. I feel for those who got snow. Anyway, I will miss Horshack's laugh. His character always had me in stitches.

When we were touring Uni c ersal,in 1975, we saw Gabe Kaplan and Lawrence Hilton Jacobs,arriving in the parking lot.
Inside I saw Travolta, Robert Hegyes,and, probably,Ron, in the hall,wearing red sateen basketball uniforms.

Horshack was like the Dr. Smith of Lost In Space on Welcome Back Kotter.

I can't believe it has been over 10 years since Ron passed away. Welcome Back Kotter was a preferred program on Thursday night on ABC. Horseshack was my favorite character where we had cheered him on liker we would cheer on a dark horse candidate for office because we knew that the person was the right person for that position. I still missed Ron Palillo to this day. May you continue to RIP.

My afternoon TV ! Arnold !!
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Soo sad... Loved Welcome Back Kotter in my child & tween years. I love it on dvd in my mid 50s now. Rest in Peace Ron Palillo a wonderful actor Gone too soon!!!!

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I thought he died in 1986 when Jason ripped his heart out at a graveyard when he tried to whack Jason with a shovel.

ALWAYS LOVE HIM GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE GREAT SHOW 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

loved the show as a kid

May he RIP.

Great character

Why didn't Travolta give Ron and the other Kotter cast members some work if Travolta loved them so much? He is the biggest star in the planet!

Wow. A whole 21/2 minute tribute. How generous.

Its 2021 and im just finding this. How sad. I was in Jr high when this was on. ALL of us kids watched it faithfully. Oh how I miss this show and the 70s. I just watched Ron on The Match Game and went looking for WBK and found this. 😪 RIP Horshack/Ron.

Helloooooooooo.
How are ya?
I'm Arnold Horshack.

Ron Palillo (Horshack) voiced Whiner on Little Clowns of Happytown

will we ever get that kind of peace again

He was young

Started watching this in the early-mid 90’s… I was just in middle school at that time, and if I recall, it was on “Nick @ Nite” with Mary Tyler Moore, taxi, I love Lucy, bewitched I dream of Jeanie, etc…. Times were definitely much easier back then… horshack made me laugh many nites!

Heartfelt condolences and prayers for you and your family

Horshack was the first Screetch

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Well actually the name Horseshack means “the cattle are dying” according to the show.

SIDE NOTE: He had a part, albeit a small one, in the "A-team" pilot. Not as comic relief either.

Just hearing in 2021 about Mr Palillo's passing. RIP
This clip brought back memories and smiles.

I thought Ron and Gabe were the high points of the show, and the chemistry between them all. But I wasn't a big fan of Travolta's. His character was so cocky.

I protryaled Horshack in a high play, so well apparently, that after the show, my family was like the funniest part was the boy that played Horshack and I was like “that was me!” I guess with the cap on my head, the scarf and coat, they didn’t even recognize me. I can still do the laugh. R.I.P Horshack

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To be on a hit tv show or even have one hit song is a blessing. Fame, some money appreciate it. Grow and live. Peace

I thought Horshack was the most hilarious character on Welcome back Kotter.

Wow I must of been living under a rock cause I don't remember hearing of his passing. So that brings the total of lost cast members to 3? Crap. Why them? This show Welcome back Kotter was and always will be a all time sitcom favorite of mine. Maybe ? Just maybe it's because ? I was born in the Bronx and though I have been out the city for decades? My heart is still back in the city I was born into this world and connected as a teen and early 20 year old then with the whole show and concept . In fact I could actually be like one of those sweat hogs. Anyway thanks for sharing even though im late in discovery here on the loss of Ron aka Arnold Horseshack.

The star was John travolta...

Horshack scene stealer

Hello, Mr. Kot tter

Oh how sad.

I remember how he died. He and Tommy Jarvis dug up Jason Voorhees, brought him back to life, and Jason punched his heart out of his chest. Tragic....