Jason Sudeikis shares the memory of Uncle George Wendt before his death

Jason Sudeikis remembered the adventurous side of his uncle George Wendts years before the Cheek Star's death.

Almost eight years before Wendt's death on May 20, the Ted Lasso The 49 -year -old star looked back on a childhood memory in 2017 with the late actor during an interview with the AV Club at the George Wendt event from Second City.

“We all went to California to visit them, and George had just got a new car,” said Missouri in Kansas City with his late interview in Kansas City. “It was a BMW Badass with a manual drive that I had never seen before, you know, I was pretty young.”

“He took me and my father with him,” he added when Wendt laughed. “My father was a shotgun. I was alone in the back. This is not if you didn't need it, you know, mandatory seat belts.”

Wendt-the brother of the mother of Sudeikis, Kathy-Duo drove the father-son duo by Laurel Canyon from Los Angeles, which he had navigated “hundreds and thousands of times”, but the couple had an incredible experience.

“He let my father hold onto [the car] Like nothing you have ever seen ”, the Live on Saturday evening Alaun remembered. “And I'm just as I implement the background just because the seats were brand new.”

“I love to keep this memory,” he concluded.

The two often praised each other in the media, Wendt had only good things about Sudeikis during a appearance of 2024 on the Still here Hollywood Podcast.

“It was [David] Letterman or Conan [O’Brien]. He said, “Had her uncle George advice for you?” “He announced.” And Jason goes – he is so sharp – he says: “Yes, he told me that he only looked at the best show on television and one of the biggest shows ever and just get pretty much from there.” And he says: “So I did it.” “”

“He has SNL“He continued.

“He is such a great child. Very proud. Above all, proud, not only about success, but also solid. Have you read profiles and things? I mean, he is such a person, so smart, so thoughtful. I mean, everything comes out in the show. Right?”

Likewise in an interview with July 2011 on July 2011 playboy The magazine Sudeikis opened the bond that he shared with his uncle.

“He has always been very encouraging, but there was no Tuesday with Morrie relationship between him and me,” said Sudeikis by Huffpost.

“He was just a good example that it was a practical option to be an actor,” he continued. “Here is a guy from the middle west, in my family, who traveled the street less and worked it for him. The advice he gave me, and I say that jokingly, is 'one of the best sitcoms ever and ride it out.' ”

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Wendt died on the morning of May 20 at the age of 76. In an explanation towards humans, his publicist Melissa Nathan confirmed: “The beloved actor and comedian George Wendt, especially known for the leading role in the NBC hit comedy Cheekhas died. ”

“George's family confirmed the news of his death early Tuesday morning and announced that he died peacefully in her sleep in her sleep,” the explanation continued. “George was a suitable family man, a popular friend and confidante of all those who are lucky enough to know him. He will be missing forever.”