CHICAGO (WGN)—George Wendt, the Chicago native who starred in the long-running NBC sitcom “Cheers” as Norm Peterson, has died, multiple entertainment reporting outlets have confirmed. Wendt was 76.

The late comedy legend George Wendt will soon be commemorated in Chicago with an honorary street name. Wendt died in May at the age of 76. Born Oct. 17, 1948, Wendt grew up in the South Side's Beverly ...

Sunday marked a final “cheers” to Chicago native and comedy star George Wendt. Dozens of people gathered in Beverly, where the actor and comedian grew up, as a stretch of South Bell Avenue became ...

Norm Peterson the "Cheers" character may have seemed as Bostonian as the Red Sox and the Freedom Trail, but the man who portrayed him, the late George Wendt, was a native Chicagoan who was forever ...

At 92nd and Bell on Chicago's South Side, we found the intersection where everyone knows his name, and the honorary George Wendt Way made its debut. Sunday served as the day when locals in the Beverly ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Jori Parys joined the CBS 2 News Chicago sports team in October of ...

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