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George Wendt, ‘Cheers’ star, dies at 76

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    ErasmusDarwin
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    It looks like the "Related Stories" blurb after the first two paragraphs made Tildes undercount the number of words in the article. The rest of the article does a good job at discussing Wendt's...

    It looks like the "Related Stories" blurb after the first two paragraphs made Tildes undercount the number of words in the article. The rest of the article does a good job at discussing Wendt's other roles and career, as to be expected from an industry-focused write-up. I found it an interesting read.

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    1. cfabbro
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      Tildes uses Embedly Extract as its metadata source. And it looks like Embedly scraped the article's metadata when it actually was only 2 paragraphs long:

      Tildes uses Embedly Extract as its metadata source. And it looks like Embedly scraped the article's metadata when it actually was only 2 paragraphs long:

      George Wendt, an American actor and comedian who earned six consecutive Emmy nominations for his performance as Norm Peterson on the beloved NBC comedy series ' Cheers,' died Tuesday morning at his home. He was 76.

      Wendt's death was confirmed by his publicist Melissa Nathan with the following statement: 'George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and confidant to all of those lucky enough to have known him. He will be missed forever. The family has requested privacy during this time.'

      More to come...

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  2. hobbes64
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    Fletch was my favorite movie when I was a younger. He had a small part in that as “Fat Sam”.

    Fletch was my favorite movie when I was a younger. He had a small part in that as “Fat Sam”.

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  3. ras
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    My mom and grandmother used to get the biggest kick out of me using this line as a little kid

    My mom and grandmother used to get the biggest kick out of me using this line as a little kid

    2 votes