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Jason Sudeikis Pays Tribute To His Late Uncle George Wendt: “I Love Him Dearly”
Four-time 'Ted Lasso' Emmy winner Jason Sudeikis paid tribute to his late uncle, six-time 'Cheers' Emmy nominee George Wendt at a charity event in Kansas City.
“He’s as fun and kind and as warm as any character he played on television or in films,” Sudeikis said of Wendt, speaking Friday at the Big Slick Celebrity Weekend fundraiser for Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. “He was an incredible influence to me,” Sudeikis added, per KSHB-TV Houston, “both as someone that plays the trail, being from the Midwest and teaching me that acting was a career you could actually have, if you really care about it.” Sudeikis added: “He also always kept connected to his family, to his roots — both in Chicago, of course, where he’s from, but then also the time he spent here [at Rockhurst University in Kansas City].
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