But the more viewers got to know the character — played, of course, by George Wendt, who died yesterday at 76 in his sleep of ...

ET pays tribute to George Wendt with classic 'Cheers' moments, rare interviews and behind-the-scenes moments celebrating his legacy. The sitcom legend (who was also an uncle to Jason Sudeikis!) died ...

The Chicago-rooted actor best known as the TV character Norm often hung out in other bars where Soul Asylum and the ...

Grammer's career has truly been a marvel, with the golden-voiced actor hopping between lauded West End theater productions, ...

Any consideration of ensemble-driven sitcoms has to include “Cheers,” and any consideration of “Cheers” has to include George ...

For 11 years, fans watched George Wendt saunter onto the screen and into Cheers bar as his friends and its patrons shouted ...

The "Norm!" greeting on "Cheers" and George Wendt's jokes that followed helped make the show the success it was. TODAY.com looks back following Wendt's death.

Connor Solsbee never imagined he would play Smokey. But after beating cancer, he enrolled at the University of Tennessee with a new outlook on life.

Jason Sudeikis is not the first in his family to catch the acting bug. His uncle George Wendt was in fact a household name in America in the 90’s portraying Norm Peterson on the iconic comedy Cheers.

George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy ...

In a 1983 interview, actors George Wendt and John Ratzenberger reflected on the growing popularity of "Cheers." Wendt, who ...

George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy ...