By Neil Woulfe - Breaking Celebrity News Senior News Director

Actor Robert Hegyes -- an actor best known for his role of Juan Epstein on the 1970s hit sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter -- has died of a heart attack in New Jersey. He was 60.

Police responded to a call for medical assistance from Hegyes' home at 9:02 a.m. on Thursday.  Hegyes -- who was having chest pains -- was rushed to JFK Medical Center in nearby Edison, N.J.  By the time he arrived at the emergency room at 9:40 a.m., he was in full cardiac arrest and died,