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George Wendt grew up on Chicago's Bell Street. Members of his extended family still own and live in what used to be his house today. And on Sunday afternoon, a celebration brought out what, at times, ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — At 92nd and Bell on Chicago’s South Side, we found the intersection where everyone knows his name, and the honorary George Wendt Way made its debut. Sunday served as the day when ...

Sunday marked a final “cheers” to Chicago native and comedy star George Wendt. Dozens of people gathered in Beverly, where the actor and comedian grew up, as a stretch of South Bell Avenue became ...

George Wendt was a child of Beverly, that tightly-knit, leafy neighborhood on the South Side where he was celebrated Sunday.