George Wendt, the actor and comedian best known for his role as Norm Peterson on NBC’s hit sitcom “Cheers,” died Tuesday in his home. He was 76. “George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend ...

WASHINGTON — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to ...

Ted Danson played bartender Sam Malone on Cheers and became a fan-favorite character. In fact, most sitcom fans still love Sam to this day. That doesn't mean that filming the show didn't have its off ...

Actor George Wendt died on Tuesday, TMZ reports. He was 76. The late Cheers star’s family informed the outlet that he passed away in his sleep, though a cause of death was not specified. In a ...

George Wendt, the Emmy-nominated star of “Cheers,” has died on the 32nd anniversary of the show’s finale. He was 76. Wendt died peacefully in his sleep at home on Tuesday morning, May 20, according to ...

Fans of the classic TV sitcom Cheers are raising a beer stein for one of its beloved cast members, actor George Wendt. He played Norm Peterson, a beer-loving regular at the bar “where everybody knows ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “George was a lovely guy,” Grammar, 70, said during an appearance on Sirius XM Radio’s Gayle King ...

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The hit sitcom Cheers helped launch the careers of several actors who stayed in the spotlight years after the series ended on May 20, 1993. The show lost a cast member on May 20, when Wendt died at ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Actor George Wendt has died at 76 years old, a family representative confirmed on Tuesday. A family representative said Wendt, a Chicago native, died peacefully at his home. "Beloved ...

NEW YORK (AP) — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to ...

Prior to about 1987, American sitcoms were — generally speaking — very different. No matter the premise or intended demographic, most sitcoms (and, again, this is a wide generality) focused on a ...