Overview

• On June 11, Danson said on his Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast that he hasn’t started to process his longtime Cheers costar’s May 20 death from cardiac arrest.
• He celebrated Wendt as an “amazing man” and “funny, unbelievable actor” and said their years together left him feeling “totally complete.”
• Brett Goldstein recalled being with Jason Sudeikis in the Ted Lasso writers' room when the news came, and described how the team watched highlights and shared stories in tribute.
• At the Big Slick 2025 kickoff in Kansas City, Sudeikis honored his uncle’s warmth and influence by wearing a jersey bearing Wendt’s name and the number 76.
• Wendt’s four-decade career spanned Cheers, Taxi and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and he was cremated on May 28 following a cardiac arrest death tied to congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease and hypertension.