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Hearts are heavy at the place where everybody knows your name
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George Wendt died on Tuesday. He played the role of Norm Peterson on the sitcom Cheers for 11 years
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It centered around a bar in Boston where hardworking friends got together every day
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after work for a couple of beers, laughs, and solving life's problems
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And boy, was it funny. He was pretty much the guy at the end of the bar that you could count on for a one-liner
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that trusty uncle type who always had a laugh, a quip, or a lighthearted joke to lighten the mood
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He garnered six Emmy nominations. Tributes are coming in. Ted Danson, who played Sam the bartender
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told the New York Post he is devastated and it's going to take him a long time to get over
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Rhea Perlman, who played Carla, called him the sweetest, kindest man she ever met. It was
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impossible not to like him. His family says Wendt died peacefully in his sleep in Los Angeles
