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George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on 'Cheers' and found another home onstage, dies at 76

Posted 5/20/25

George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers,” has died. He was 76. Wendt in later life crafted a stage career …

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