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Wendt played the lovable everyman and beer-guzzling barfly Norm Peterson across all 11 seasons of the NBC sitcom, from 1982-1993.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Everyone files out except for Sam’s favorite barfly, Norm Peterson — played by George Wendt, who died today at 76 — who says that the meaning of life is love.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
George Wendt, the actor best known for playing lovable barfly Norm Peterson on the iconic sitcom Cheers, has died at age 76.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
In King’s Landing, there’s the hardworking blacksmith, Hugh, and the slightly less hardworking barfly, Ulf.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 July 2024
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Everyone files out except for Sam’s favorite barfly, Norm Peterson — played by George Wendt, who died today at 76 — who says that the meaning of life is love.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
George Wendt, the actor best known for playing lovable barfly Norm Peterson on the iconic sitcom Cheers, has died at age 76.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
In King’s Landing, there’s the hardworking blacksmith, Hugh, and the slightly less hardworking barfly, Ulf.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 July 2024
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“Barfly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barfly. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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