Actor George Wendt, famous for his role as Norm Peterson on Cheers, takes a light approach to life. The 64-year-old, who will be part of Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival's season closer Hank ...

George Wendt, who will be famous as long as television is remembered as Norm from “Cheers,” died Tuesday. He passed in Los Angeles, where he lived, though the cities to which he is spiritually ...

ALLEGAN, Mich. (WOOD) — Allegan County’s emergency management agency says its preliminary assessment has estimated some $2.2 million in damage caused by the severe storm that spawned two ...

George Wendt, celebrated for his iconic role as Norm Peterson on Cheers, passed away peacefully at 76 on May 20, 2025. His portrayal of the affable bar regular earned him six Emmy nominations and ...

George Wendt, best known for his role as Norm Peterson on "Cheers," has passed away at 76. The actor, celebrated for his affable Everyman persona, garnered six Emmy nominations for his portrayal ...

Comic actor George Wendt, best known for his Emmy-nominated supporting role as the beer-bellied barfly Norm on the long-running hit NBC television sitcom "Cheers," died on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

EVERYONE COMING HERE TO CHEERS. JUST SHOCKED BY THIS NEWS. MANY SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF GEORGE WENDT, BETTER KNOWN AS NORM PETERSON FROM THE HIT SHOW CHEERS. AND NOW THE CHEERS BAR HAS ...

By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Wendt recalled initially auditioning to say just one word in the pilot, which was “beer.” After describing the scene with Shelley Long’s Diane Chambers to ...

Actor George Wendt has died at the age of 76. Wendt is survived by his wife, actress Bernadette Birkett. The couple has three children: Hilary, Joe, and Daniel. George Wendt, actor best known for ...

George Wendt, actor famous for playing Norm Peterson in the NBC comedy series ‘Cheers’, has died, his publicist confirmed to Variety on Tuesday. He was 76 years old. TMZ cited family sources ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

Norm Peterson the "Cheers" character may have seemed as Bostonian as the Red Sox and the Freedom Trail, but the man who portrayed him, the late George Wendt, was a native Chicagoan who was forever ...