George Wendt, who bellied up to the bar to portray the beer-quaffing everyman Norm Peterson for all 11 seasons of the fabled NBC sitcom Cheers, has died. He was 76.

George Wendt, the actor who was most known for his role as the down-on-his-luck everyman Norm Peterson in the Boston-based sitcom "Cheers," has passed away at 76 years old.

Any consideration of ensemble-driven sitcoms has to include “Cheers,” and any consideration of “Cheers” has to include George Wendt, whose Norm Peterson was the bar fly’s bar fly.