Anyone who craved a life of sitcom fame had not spent time with George Wendt, a man who could not walk into a restaurant or take a stroll in the fresh air without cacophonous cries of “Norm!” ...

George Wendt, the actor known for playing Norm in the Boston-based sitcom "Cheers," was mourned at the Beacon Hill bar where patrons are paying their respects. In the place where everyone knows ...

By Tony Maglio Mailman Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger) was the literal USPS-blue-collar worker on Cheers, but his good buddy Norm Peterson (George Wendt), an accountant, was its everyman.

American actress Bernadette Birkett and her husband, American actor and comedian George Wendt attend the premiere of 'Forever Young' (Image via Getty) Bernadette Birkett, voiced the character of Vera ...

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 Broadway in ...

An interview of George opening up about the impact of playing beer-swilling Norm on ‘Cheers’ has now surfaced – in which he said even though there were similarities between him and the character, he ...

But there was really only one name everyone in that famous TV bar knew. It belonged, of course, to Norm (né Hilary) Peterson, the amiable beer-swilling barfly played by George Wendt, and everyone ...

Norm, a.k.a. Norman Peterson, a.k.a. Normie, a.k.a. Mr. Peterson (if you were Woody the bartender), was an accountant written as an easygoing, utterly average dude who liked his beer and his bar ...

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 h ...

No show ever caught this better than “Cheers.” At the center of the sitcom’s customer solar system sat Norm Peterson, a role Wendt grabbed from the show’s opening moments to its last seconds.

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 ...