Bostonians Paying Tribute To Cheers' George Wendt (Norm)

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is a sad day, so we're doing a special

(00:04):
tribute to George Went, Norm, the character as we all
love and know him.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Outside and inside the Cheers Bar in Boston are tributes
to actor George Went, who passed away this week at
the age of seventy six. Went is best known around
these parts for playing Norm Peterson on the Boston based
sitcom Cheers. His death coincided with the thirty second anniversary
of Cheers's Last Call, so some of Norm's fans got
the sad news right at the bar.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Everybody kind of wanted to be here and wanted to
refresh their memories of long years past.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Cheers President and CEO Mark Ripperger tells me they plan
to put up a banner for fans to write messages
to Norm, and there's more tributes inside the bar.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
We have memorials set up on all the different bars,
especially at Norm's seat from Cheers.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
I'm Jared Brosden WBZ Boston Snooze Radio.