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Cheers veteran George Wendt has been seen in a rare public outing just ahead of the 40-year anniversary of the iconic sitcom that made him famous. 

For his recent outing a few weeks ago, DailyMail.com spotted the actor in Los Angeles looking comfortable in a Ralph Lauren T-shirt, black shorts and New Balance sneakers. 

The 73-year-old actor played friendly barfly Norm Peterson on the show, which first aired nearly 40 years ago on September 30, 1982 and went on to broadcast 275 episodes across 11 seasons. 

George impressively appeared in every episode until it went off air in May 1993. 

Hollywood-based George keeps an extremely low profile these days and has little to no social media presence.

DailyMail.com last spotted him nearly a year ago in October 2021, though he did appear at a Comic Con event in Philadelphia back in June 2019.

Hailing from Chicago, prior to acting Wendt was expelled from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana over poor grades before moving into showbusiness, where his first job was sweeping a theatre floor. 

Guest roles in Taxi and M*A*S*H were followed by his big break on Cheers, and two years after it finished he launched a self-titled sitcom on CBS, but it was canceled after eight episodes. 

Other than his success in the hit sitcom, the popular entertainer has appeared in shows such as Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Columbo and Wings.  

He also had a recurring sketch on SNL's Bill Swerski's Superfans, which was dedicated to sports fans from Chicago. 

Wendt has been married to Bernadette Birkett – who played the voice of the mysterious Vera on Cheers – since 1978 and they have one daughter and two sons. The couple live in Los Angeles. 

DailyMail.com can reveal where the rest of the beloved cast of Cheers are now, 40 years on from the show that made them famous.

TED DANSON 

Ted Danson, 74, starred as Sam Malone on the hit show and was one of only three characters to appear in all 275 episodes. 

His character Sam was a former baseball player for the Boston Red Sox whose battle with alcoholism led him to quit his sports career and open a bar – where he was adored by his patrons and was skilled at seducing beautiful women. 

Danson on the other hand is much more of a one-woman man, having been married to actress Mary Steenburgen since 1995 after meeting on the set of Pontiac Moon in 1993. 

'I'm in love. We're in love. That handles a lot. We make each other laugh. I admire her. If I could be a woman, I'd want to be her,' Danson gushed over his wife, with whom he celebrated 25 years of marriage in 2020. 

Before meeting Steenburgen he had been married twice and famously dated Whoopi Goldberg. 

After Cheers, he's remained a fixture on television and has appeared in lead roles in a number of hits including Becker, Fargo, CSI, The Good Place and as a guest on Curb Your Enthusiasm. He is now most often seen in adverts for phone company Consumer Cellular.

Danson was nominated for 11 consecutive Emmy Awards for his role as Sam, finally winning Best Actor in a Comedy in 1990 and then again in 1993. He has two children with second wife Cassandra Coates, who he divorced in 1993. 

He is a pescatarian and is a dedicated advocate of ocean conservation.

KIRSTIE ALLEY

Kirstie Alley, 71, came onto the Cheers scene to replace Shelley Long in the start of season six, playing tough business woman Rebecca Howe. 

She earned an Emmy Award and Golden Globe for her role in 1991.

Alley had a successful career before and after Cheers, making her film debut in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and starring alongside John Travolta and the voice of Bruce Willis in the Look Who's Talking series.

She is still in show business and earlier this year she was revealed as Baby Mammoth on The Masked Singer. 

Allie has been married twice and has two children. She is also a member of and vocal supporter of the Church of Scientology. 

In the last few years she's come under fire for her political views after making multiple appearances on Fox News to discuss her support for Donald Trump.

Despite previously labeling herself a moderate liberal, she appeared on Tucker Carlson's show claiming CNN was 'terrorizing viewers' with its constant coronavirus coverage.

She also blasted the Academy Awards after organizers announced that they would update diversity rules in order for films to be eligible for best picture nominations.

'[C]an you imagine telling Picasso what had to be in his ... paintings,' Alley wrote on Twitter.

'You people have lost your minds. Control artists, control individual thought .. OSCAR ORWELL' she tweeted.

SHELLEY LONG