Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 11 years, fans watched George Wendt saunter onto the screen and into Cheers bar as his friends and its patrons shouted out ...

One word can have such an impact. “Cheers” star George Wendt, who died May 20 at the age of 76, left behind a legacy in the annals of TV comedy that is hard to equal, thanks to one word: Norm. Norm ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - George Wendt played the iconic character of Norm on the popular 80s television show “Cheers.” He was known for his one-liners and love of beer. On Tuesday, his family announced the ...

George Wendt of “Cheers,” who died on Tuesday, could walk into a bar and imply his character’s entire life outside it. By James Poniewozik Man walks into a bar. It’s the starting point for a million ...

George Wendt as Norm Peterson on the set of ‘Cheers.’ (Paul Drinkwater / NBCUniversal via Getty Images) Norm entrances were a pain to write — something about the simplicity of the form, perhaps — and ...

Sure, “Cheers” billed itself as a place where everybody knows your name. But there was really only one name everyone in that famous TV bar knew. It belonged, of course, to Norm (né Hilary) Peterson, ...

George Wendt, a stout comic actor who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the acclaimed and long-running 1980s TV comedy “Cheers,” died May 20 at 76. His family announced the death but did ...