Beloved Character Cheers Star Actor George Wendt Has Died At The Age Of 76
I should say sad news being reported out of the entertainment industry right now. Beloved character actor George Went has died at the age of 76. Rather, you see there the iconic star from Cheers, norm from Cheers, passing away at the age of 76. So this is what we know. According to the Associated Press, they describe him as an actor with an everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving, barely norm on the hit 80 s TV comedy Cheers.
He later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in Art. Hairspray and Elf. He has died. He was 76. His family said he died early this morning peacefully in his sleep while at home there.
And so we’re getting some tributes in on social media, his family said in a statement quote. George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and confidant who all of those lucky enough to have known him. He will be missed forever. The family has requested privacy during this time now, despite a long career of roles on stage and on TV.
It was as gentle and henpacked Norm Peterson on Shes You See Him There, he was most associated. He earned six straight Emmy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from 1984 to 1989.
The series was centered on lovable losers in a Boston bar at starred Ted Danson. Shelley Long. Raya Pearlman. Kelsey Grammer. John Ratnberger. Kirsty Alley, and Woody Harrelson. Remember It would spin off another mega hit in Frasier. Cheers was nominated for an Astounding 100 and 17 Emmys. It won 128 of them.
George Went has died at the age of 76
Now when came from the famed Second City Improv Trooper out of Chicago before he sat there on a baru at the place where everybody knows your name. He did not, though, have high hopes when he auditioned for Cheers, he told GQ, in an oral history of Cheers, the show quote. My agent said, it’s a small role, honey. It’s one line.
Actually, it’s one word. The word was beer. I was having a hard time believing I was right for the role of the guy who looked like he wanted a beer. So I went in and they said, it’s too small a roll. Why don’t you read this other one? And it was a guy who never left the bar.
So Cheers premiered September 30 th 1982. It spent the first season with low ratings, but NBC execs at the time championed the show. It was nominated for an Emmy for Best Comedy Series in its first season. Some 80 million people would tune in to watch its series finale 11 years later. Okay, so this is somewhat coincidental.
But today May the 20 th 1993 was the date of the Cheers finale and norm from Cheers passing away today at the age of 76. So in the meantime. I wanted to show you some of the tributes coming in on social media there at Fox, you see George went, and we’re going to be showing you some of the tributes coming in on social media throughout the night here from some of his fans, his fellow actors and contemporaries, and so many who loved him as an.
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