RIP George Wendt - today we lost one of the sitcom greats

Sometimes you just hear a celebrity has died and it guts you. Today I felt that with the news that Cheers star George Wendt has died, aged 76.

Beyond his role as Norm Petersen on Cheers, I actually know precious little about Wendt. Urban legend has it that since his time on the sitcom, he has never had to pay for a beer anywhere. Everyone wants to buy hi…