Wendt's family confirmed the news Tuesday morning, announcing that the actor died peacefully in his sleep at home, according to a statement shared by his representative with ABC News.

George Wendt, who earned six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his role as the bearish, beer-quaffing Everyman Norm Peterson on the enduring sitcom “Cheers,” died on Tuesday at his hom...

Wendt was so into the Minneapolis-based band that he appeared in the 2011 documentary about the group and its fans called Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements, the title of which is a pla...