Flipboard Culture Desk<p>"Cheers" actor George Wendt, who played Norm Peterson in all 11 seasons of the NBC sitcom, has died at age 76. The Chicago-born actor started his career in the 1970s with improv troupe Second City, and popped up on "Saturday Night Live" and in movies like "Fletch" and "Spice World" over the years, but laidback barfly Norm was his best known role. Here's <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@THR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>THR</span></a></span>'s tribute to Wendt, who is survived by his children, stepchildren and wife Bernadette Birkett. They were married in 1978 and she went on to play his unseen, offscreen wife, Vera, in "Cheers."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/Lh_PiT" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/Lh_PiT</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Sitcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sitcom</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comedy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Cheers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cheers</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/GeorgeWendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeWendt</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/InMemoriam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InMemoriam</span></a></p>