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Ted Danson breaks silence on the death of 'Cheers' co-star George Wendt's death

Ted Danson lifts a glass to the only George Wendt.

Hours after the news after the death of Wendt's death at the age of 76, the 77-year-old “man on the insider” shared a warm feeling for his fallen co-star.

“I am destroyed that Georgie is no longer with us,” said a representative of Danson by post. “I send all my love to Bernadette and the children. I will take a long time to get used to it. I love you, Georgie.”

Rhea Perlman, who played in the show cocktail waiter Carla Tortelli, also appealed to Wendt's death.

Ted Danson and George Wendt in 1998. Filmmagic, Inc.

“George Wendt was the sweetest and friendliest man I've ever met. It was impossible not to like him,” Perlman told the Post. “When Carla I often stood next to him, since the standard always took the same place at the end of the bar, which made it easy to grab it and beat the crap at least once a week. I loved it to do it and he loved to do it that way,

Wendt's family representative confirmed that he died on Tuesday on Tuesday and said that he had “died peacefully in her sleep in sleep”.

“George was a suitable family man, a popular friend and confidante of all those who are lucky enough to know him,” says the explanation. “He will be missing forever. The family has requested privacy during this time.”

Danson and Wendt played together in “Cheers” for eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993. Danson portrayed Sam Malone and Wendt as Norman Peterson.

During her time in the series, Wendt received six consecutive Emmy nominations for his performance as a norm, while Danson earned 11 and won two.

Ted Danson, George Wendt and Jay Leno in “The Tonight Show” around 1994. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCuniversal via Getty Images
The line -up reunited and marked in January 2024 when the last time they were in public. Filmmagic, Inc.

The nostalgia “Prost” has been on an all -time high in recent years when the occupation in January 2024 was reunited at the Emmys.

Wendt, Danson, Perlman Kelsey Grammer and John Retzenger came together as part of a special homage at the award ceremony to the most popular shows in television history.

The line -up appeared in a replica of the legendary Bostoner Bar, and host Anthony Anderson called the NBC -sitcom “one of the biggest television programs of all time”.

“It feels nice to be here in front of them,” said Danson, before Renzenberger (78) noticed that the event was a “long overdue reunification of the class”.

Ted Danson, John Renzenberger, George Wendt and Woody Harrelson in “Cheers”. © NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection
The sitcom acquired 28 Emmys during her 11-year-old run. © NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection

The 70 -year -old Grammer noticed: “You together, bring some great memories back to a show that we are all very proud of.”

At the celebrations was Woody Harrelson, who played the leading role in the fourth season of the show as a bartender Woody Boyd.

“Woody Harrelson could not do” cheers “because he is in one piece,” Jesse Collins, an executive producer of The Emmys, told The Hollywood Reporter at that time.

One of the recent reunices of the “cheers”. Wiring

Collins added: “So there were a few people who were only logistical challenges. But we were lucky enough to get so many people who were ready to take part.”

In April Danson became open behind the scenes on a drama of the show and set the record on a 30-year-old crack with Grammer.

While Kelsey Grammer feels like that my bad, my bad, my bad, and I almost apologize for her last October with the “Frasier” actor on his and Harrelsons 63 “in the past 30 years.”

Wendt's cause of death was not unveiled.

The comedian is survived by his 46 -year -old wife, the actress Bernadette Birkett. Your children Hilary, Joe and Daniel; His stepchildren, Joshua and Andrew; And his famous nephew Jason Sudeikis.

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