“Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis was Wendt’s nephew. George Wendt and Rhea Pearlman of “Cheers” arrive for NBC’s 75th Anniversary Special May 5, 2002 at Rockefeller Center. Getty Images ...

Following the success of “Cheers,” he had his own sitcom called “The George Wendt Show,” which aired on CBS from March 8 to April 12, 1995.

NEW YORK (AP) — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took ...