George Wendt is dead to me

NORM!!!!!!

Norm!!!

A fan favorite of chub chasers everywhere!

Link.

Was he wearing Milk Bone underwear?

I’ll pour one out for George. Cheers, and RIP.

Wendt went.

I'll have the loobster.

Aw, Norm.

"Cheers" cast at -2 now.

First Kirstie, now George.

3 if you include Coach r8.

R7 A whopping 40 years earlier.

Forgot about The Coach, R9.

It was so long ago. Way back in the 1980s.

For a fattie he had a good run. RIP.

Wendt was married to Bernadette Birkett and had three children: Hilary, Joe, and Daniel. Wendt was the uncle of Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis. Wendt's sister Kathy is Sudeikis' mother.

Wendt passed away at his home in Los Angeles at age of 76 on May 20, 2025. “George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and confidant to all of those lucky enough to have known him. He will be missed forever. The family has requested privacy during this time” his publicist said in a statement.

The final episode of Cheers aired 32 years ago tonight.

Gone too soon.

Sad. I remember watching Cheers with my grandma.

Well, that sucks. However, being on the heftier side, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.

RIP, George/Norm.

Quick! Everyone form a protective human shield around Shelley Long!

[quote] Quick! Everyone form a protective human shield around Shelley Long!

More like around Ted Danson

Nooooooo.

Aw man. That SUCKS. RIP. Belly up to the bar in the sky, big guy.

Corpse!

"However, being on the heftier side, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner."

"For a fattie he had a good run."

Not to change the subject, but when my 5'1" 350# grandmother died, her doctor haughtily told my mom and my aunt "you mother's weight killed her."

To which my aunt replied "I think her age of 84 also had something to do with it."

Boomers dropping like flies.

84 and 76 are different, r23.

Also, women tend to live longer than men.

He was almost as big as my daughter...

"Hey Norm. What's shaking?"

"All 4 cheeks and a couple of chins!"

Kinda cool that a fan of Da Bears was a real bear himself.

"Hey, Mr. Peterson. Would you like a beer?"

"No, Woody, I'd like a dead cat in a glass."

^my favorite Normism.

"Hey,Mr Peterson. What do you say to a cold one?"

"See you later Vera. I'm going out for a beer."

Last saw him as a talking head in the Peacock doc on the 50th anniversary of SNL.

So he was only 44 when the last episode of Cheers aired? That was a VERY hard-looking 44.

Ted Danson and the late Edna Turnblad

RIP

Norm walks into Cheers:

Sam: "Hey Norm, what's up?"

Norm: "The warranty on my liver."

Does Harry Anderson count? He had a recurring role as Harry the Hat.

Coach

Rebecca

Robin

His wife was a regular on "It's Garry Shandling's Show."

"Bars can be sad places. Some people spend their whole life in bars. Just yesterday a guy sat next to me for eleven hours!"

Susan Dey is waiting for last call.

One of the best bits.

r20 God no

CHEERS was one of the very few sitcoms that managed to write in a baby-- Frederick-- and not spiral down a Cousin Oliver drain. They wisely used the child sparingly, but to great effect.

I'm very sorry to hear this I enjoyed him he was quite funny. But I don't find funny and rather offensive is that when I Google to see if like you can lay odds on who the next Cheers cast member to die is going to be. You get an AI lecture about how that's not very kind and rather insensitive to talk about living people that way. I don't appreciate being lectured by robots.

Count me among those who are amazed that someone so fat basically made it to full life expectancy.

Jason Sudeikis recalls fond memory with uncle and 'Cheers' star George Wendt:

Maybe he really was just "big boned."

Yeah.. brontosaurus bones.

He had the geniality and talent that Jeff Garlin only thinks he does.

Weirdly this will definitely be a day I'll probably always remember just like I can still remember the exact day I found out that Lucille Ball died. I was barely 9 years old and it was the overcast day and we were on our way up to the high uintas to go camping where it was going to even be colder cuz this was still only late April. Me and my brother were playing in the back of my mom's red pickup truck while she was inside talking to my aunt before we'd gather up my cousins and head up. Her boyfriend emailed their brother all set in the front while me and my cousin's huddled under blankets and sleeping bags as my mom spread through the canyon into the higher mountains damn ass cold. But my mom loved fishing while it was near freezing.

While we were playing in front of my aunt's house though one of the Jones's kids came running down the cul de sac loudly announcing that Lucille Ball had died and we were all very shocked and saddened. I actually had been a fan early Fox affiliates every morning at 10:00. That's why I was thrilled a few years ago when I ended up in Jamestown New York and got to visit the Lucille Ball museum and her exhibit at the national comedy museum. Other the lady at the Lucille Ball museum had a snide remark that I didn't spend nearly enough time in the museum for it to have been worth it. She seems personally offended. But there really wasn't that much to it I mean it was neat for what it was but it wasn't something I was going to spend hours in.

[quote]He was almost as big as my daughter.

Mine too!

r49 = this guy

Quotes from Ted Danson and Rhea Perlman

From John Ratzenburger.

R52. The more I learn about Rhea Perleman, the more I don't like her

"Ted Danson breaks silence on ‘Cheers’ co-star George Wendt’s death"

It's been a few HOURS; it's not like Ted was doing a Susan Dey.

Predictions for the next two celebrity deaths- Delta Burke and Marla Gibbs

My mom would have said he died from suicide by fork.

R54 why is that? Other than her unyielding grudge against Shelley Long I've only heard the she was very nice person to deal with.

Wendt’s net worth at the time of his death is estimated to be around $10 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

r54 Why did that article make you say that? She shared a lovely thought about George.

Party on, George!

[quote]he more I learn about Rhea Perleman, the more I don't like her

I liked "Cheers" a lot but always hated her character.

Typical garbage headline from the New York Post at R52, Ted Danson "breaks silence" on George Wendt. Wasn't Wendt's death just announced today?

Phil and Al have also bellied up to that bar in the sky.

The Best of Norm Part 1

Part 2

I shall play my Cheers board game in his honor. I was a pro at Normie’s Olympics as a kid, I wonder if I still have the touch.

George Wendt gave a good performance as a murderer in a 1990's "Columbo" movie. A different sort of role for him and he played well off Peter Falk and the other guest star, Rod Steiger.

He had a fat ass but he could not live forever.

Vera is waiting for him in heaven.

Has Susan Dey released a statement?

Who will be there to remember Susan when she passes?

Imagine making it to Heaven and nobody calls you by your ACTUAL name (as seen in various glurge-y cartoons above).

[quote] Who will be there to remember Susan when she passes?

Blair Underwood? Maybe.

Shirley Jones will be there to mourn Susan, and all of her TV, biological, and step children as they drop like flies while she soldiers on.

[Quote] However, being on the heftier side, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.

What does your being hefty have to do with Wendt’s death?