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George Robert Wendt (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the long-running television show Cheers.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (the same school attended by Vicente Fox). He was kicked out of University of Notre Dame after a lack of studying resulted in a semester with a 0.00 GPA. He was more successful at the Jesuit Rockhurst CollegeRockhurst University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in Kansas City, Missouri. Rockhurst was chartered by the state as Rockhurst College in August 1910. It included the Academy of Rockhurst College, an institution of secondary educa, where after applying himself, he graduated with a B.A.A Bachelor of Arts B. or A. is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. Duration The BA generally lasts three years in the United Kingdom (except Scotland) and Australia or four years in North America, in EconomicsEconomics is the social science studying how society uses its limited resources to meet desires and wants. Put otherwise, economics studies what, how and for whom society produces. This involves analyzing the production, distribution and consumption of go.

He is also an alumnus of The Second CityThe Second City is a long-running improvisational comedy troupe based in the Old Town area of Chicago, Illinois, with offshoot troupes in other cities, most notably Toronto. Second City evolved from the Compass Players a 1950s cabaret-style revue show., where he met his future wife, Bernadette Birkett , who was to later play the voice of Norm's wife Vera on Cheers.

In 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra Wendt appeared as the eponymous protagonist in a BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere TV dramatization of Ivan GoncharovIvan Alexandrovich Goncharov ( June 18, 1812 September 15, 1891) was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov ( 1859). He was born in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk); his father was a wealthy grain merchant. After graduating from Moscow University's novel OblomovOblomov (first published: 1858) is the name of the novel by Ivan Goncharov. Oblomov is also the central character of the novel, often seen as the ultimate incarnation of the "superfluous man," a stereotypical character in 19th-century Russian literature t.

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