Marcia Strassman (Mrs Kotter) has passed away

Marcia Strassman (Mrs Kotter) has passed away at 66

Mrs Kotter: dead. Epstein: dead. Horshack: dead. "Hotsy" Totsy: dead. Mr. Woodman: long dead.

SIDEBAR: Although Mrs Kotter was an adult in the series and Horshack was a high school kid, there was less than a year difference in the ages of Marcia Strassman and Ron Palillo. When the series first aired, she was 27, he 26. Travolta was the youngest of the four main sweathogs, at 21.