Norm! Cheers star George Wendt dead
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Jon Cryer, who starred in the 1984 film No Small Affair with Wendt, tells PEOPLE he "met George on one of my first movies and every day we shot together I kind of couldn’t believe it. That I was working with one of my favorite actors in television and he was just such an absolute prince."
George Wendt, best known for his role as Norm on the sitcom Cheers, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 76. Variety first reported news of Wendt's death. The six-time Emmy nominee was at home when it happened.