George Wendt, the actor who played the affable and the beer producer Normal in the successful television comedy of the eighties Greetings And who later forged a theatrical career that led him to Broadway Art, Hairspray y ElfHe died on Tuesday at the age of 76.
Wendt’s family reported having died at dawn on Tuesday, As he slept placidly at homeAccording to the advertising company, the group of agencies.
“George was a family affectionate man, a very expensive friend and confidant of all those who were lucky enough to meet him,” said the family in a note. “We will miss him forever,” you can read. The family requested privacy during this period.
Despite his long career in theater and television, his best known role was that of Norma Peterson Greetingswith He got six consecutive nominations for the Emmy Awards Best distribution actor in a comic series between 1984 and 1989.
The series focused on the fascinating losers of a Boston bar and was played by Ted Darson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Kelsey Grammer, John Ratzenberger, Kirstie Alley and Woody Harrelson. Another great success was derived from it, Frasierwhich was appointed for 117 Emmy Awards, of which he won 28.
Wendt, who spent six years in the renowned improvisation company Second city of Chicago, had no great hopes when he listened Greetings.
“My agent told me: ‘It is a small role, honey. It is a line. In fact, it’s a word ‘. The word was “beer”. It was difficult for me to believe that it was adequate for the role of “the boy who looked like a beer”. So I went and I said to me: ‘It’s too small a role. Why don’t you read this other? “And he was a guy who never left the bar,” Wendt said to the GQ magazine of his arrival in the acclaimed series.
