Actor George Wendt died from cardiac arrest, a death certificate has revealed. The beloved "Cheers" actor also suffered from kidney failure and other chronic conditions.

When George Wendt, the actor who played Norm, died recently, people of a certain generation remembered a comfortable, if not inspiring, presence. Norm had a job he didn’t like (accounting) and a wife he avoided (Vera), but he did have friends in a neighborhood pub (Cheers) in Boston where everybody did know his name.