George Wendt grew up on Chicago's Bell Street. Members of his extended family still own and live in what used to be his house today. And on Sunday afternoon, a celebration brought out what, at times, ...

Very few actors were as universally loved in the '80s as George Wendt, star of Cheers. To most fans, he will always be Norm Peterson, but the prolific character actor was no stranger to the horror ...

Maybe all those glasses of beer caught up to the "Cheers" regular. Actor George Wendt checked into a local hospital on Sunday night after complaining of chest pains, according to The Chicago Sun-Times ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Two weeks after “Cheers” actor George Wendt passed away, his cause of death has now been revealed. Wendt’s immediate cause of death was listed as cardiac arrest on his death ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — At 92nd and Bell on Chicago’s South Side, we found the intersection where everyone knows his name, and the honorary George Wendt Way made its debut. Sunday served as the day when ...

CNN — (CNN) — Jason Sudeikis has broken his silence to say some lovely things about his late uncle, actor George Wendt. The “Cheers” star died last month at age 76. Sudeikis made an appearance over ...

Wendt got his start in Chicago's The Second City improv comedy troupe. He went on to earn six Primetime Emmy nominations for his role as a lovable... George Wendt, who played Norm on 'Cheers,' has ...

SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) -- Chest pains will keep actor George Wendt from performing as Oscar Madison in a Chicago-area production of "The Odd Couple." ...

UIC Adjunct Lecturer and historian Wally Podrazik joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier, along with Ryan Burrow, Mark Carman and Amanda Czarnecki look back at the notable figures we lost in 2025 including Rob ...

George Wendt grew up on Chicago's Bell Street. Bo Nix laments late pass that preceded injury that hospitalized WR Pat Bryant: 'I feel responsible because I threw it' ...