Wendt died Tuesday, May 20, at the age of 76 Kelsey Grammer reacted to the death of his Cheers costar and friend George Wendt, calling him "a lovely guy." The actors respectively played Frasier Crane and Norm Peterson on the beloved sitcom.

"America waited for him to walk into a bar every Thursday night and say something funny," Grammer said of his late castmate, who died this week. "And they just knew he wouldn't disappoint."