Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sit-com "Cheers." He ...

Anyone who craved a life of sitcom fame had not spent time with George Wendt, a man who could not walk into a restaurant or ...

Anyone who craved a life of sitcom fame had not spent time with George Wendt, a man who could not walk into a restaurant or ...

Many forget that the image of the meatball Chicago sports fan was panned by some cultural elitists at the time. Former Chicago Tribune critic Blair Kamin wrote in 1992 that “the ...

Actor George Wendt ... to take his mistakes in stride. Wendt — who grew up the second oldest in a family of seven children on the south side of Chicago — fully understands why he got kicked ...

The all-time Chicago sports fan character on TV was Bob Newhart’s Dr. Bob Hartley in the 1972-78 sitcom “The Bob Newhart Show.” Hartley and his buddy, Jerry the orthodontist, always were trekking to ...

Derringer’s decades in the music industry spanned teen stardom, session work for bands like Steely Dan, supplying the guitar ...

You would be surprised at how many people hold their breath when they feel stressed. Feeling tension can create anxiety, and ...

Michael Sumler, who worked alongside funk legends Kool & the Gang as their hype man and was known as "Chicago Mike," died in ...

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Memorial Day Monday features a sunny start in Chicago with a gradual increase of cloud cover by the afternoon. Highs will top out in the lower 60s for the immediate lakeshore and inland ...