The news of George Wendt’s sudden passing on May 20 shocked Cheers fans. It was hard to believe the ever-jolly Norm Peterson was suddenly sitting at a barstool in heaven where Coach handed him his first beer. It’s been a little more than two weeks, and The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released George’s official cause of death on June 5. According to documents obtained by TMZ, George Wendt died from a combination of ailments. Per the death certificate, he died from cardiac arrest. George also suffered from congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, hypertension, end-stage renal disease, kidney disease, and hyperlipidemia related to high cholesterol. Sadly, the conditions proved deadly, and George’s life ended in a blink. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rockhurst University (@rockhurstuniversity) George Wendt Passed Away Peacefully It seems that George Wendt’s death came quickly, and he passed away in his sleep, a family member told TMZ.  Many fans and loved ones paid tribute to George Wendt on social media after his death. His alma mater, Rockhurst University shared kind words for one of their most famous alums. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Rockhurst alum George Wendt, beloved comedian and actor. Best known for his role as ‘Norm’ from the sitcom ‘Cheers,’ many in our community knew him as a fellow Hawk. Wendt graduated in 1971 with a degree in economics before joining Second City comedy troupe in Chicago and landing his iconic role.Thank you for all the laughs, George. Rest in peace.” Ted Danson, who played Sam Malone alongside George on Cheers, shared a heartbreaking statement with Entertainment Weekly. “I am devastated to hear that Georgie is no longer with us. I am sending all my love to Bernadette and the children. It is going to take me a long time to get used to this. I love you, Georgie.” John Ratzenberger, who played Norm’s drinking buddy Cliff Clavin, echoed Ted’s sadness following George Wendt’s death. “What you saw on screen was exactly who he was off-screen with impeccable comedic timing and a deep loyalty to those he loved. I’ll miss our conversations and the quiet moments of friendship that meant the most,” he shared with Entertainment Weekly. George Wendt was 76. This story’s featured image is by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Turner. The post George Wendt’s Cause Of Death Revealed Two Weeks After “Cheers” Star’s Sudden Passing appeared first on InspireMore.

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered the U.S. Navy to rename a tanker vessel that had been christened the USNS Harvey Milk after the late left-wing gay activist and San Francisco politician. Milk, who began a relationship with a 16-year-old boy when he was 33, has long been seen as a homosexual rights icon and was portrayed by Sean Penn in a biographical film released in 2008. Obama administration Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the naming one ship in a new fleet of oil vessels after Milk in 2016. Milk was given a discharge from the Navy in 1955 after he was revealed to be gay, which was not permitted at the time. Milk was slain in 1978 at the age of 48. In an internal memo, the change was characterized as a part of President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to “reestablish the warrior culture” in the armed forces. Harvey Milk takes part in a gay pride parade in San Francisco on June 23, 1978. (Terry Schmitt/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) A new name for the ship has reportedly not yet been chosen.  “Under the Biden admin, where they renamed ships after pedophiles who had sex with 17-year-old boys, recruitment was at an all-time low. Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, honor and pride in our country, rather than sexuality, are being restored to our military. The recruitment numbers speak for themselves,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told The Daily Signal. The Army recently announced it had surpassed its recruitment targets “with more than 61,000 future soldiers” before the end of the fiscal year. “In a time when our military should be focused on readiness over wokeness, I fully support Secretary Hegseth’s decision to rename the Navy ship Harvey Milk. Our ships should honor those who embody the sacrifice, service, and values that make our nation great—not serve as platforms for woke political statements,” Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., noted.  “I applaud President Trump and Secretary Hegseth for making a needed course correction toward honoring real heroes who reflect the true spirit of America’s armed forces,” the Alabama congressman added.  “Our Navy ships should elevate the American ideal and strike fear into our enemies. Naming a ship after a gay activist accomplishes neither. Secretary Hegseth has it right: From camo to call signs, our military must project strength and American excellence, not woke politics,” Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., said. “Naming a U.S. Navy ship after Harvey Milk in 2016 was a harbinger of the crazy wokeness that would overtake military and government leadership a few years later,” Jay Richards, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal.  “Milk was an unsavory character who should not be treated as a civil rights hero by the federal government. Secretary Hegseth is doing exactly the right thing in renaming the ship,” Richards continued. The move by the Trump administration comes during the month of June, which is celebrated by gay rights activists as “Pride Month.” Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, D.C., jumped into the culture war fray last week when she celebrated Pride Month by having an “LGBTQIA+ flag-raising ceremony,” on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building, which houses the city government.  “Happy World Pride in the gayest city in America,” the mayor told the assembled crowd for the ceremony conducted on May 29. As an empirical fact, Washington does not have the highest percentage of self-described homosexual residents in the U.S.  “Which month does Mayor Bowser raise a flag celebrating traditional American families, honoring heterosexual couples and Christian values? Instead of virtue signaling, the mayor should be more focused on the ethics investigations into her lavish, Qatari-funded foreign trips. It’s worth noting that while Mayor Bowser claims to champion gay rights here at home, she accepted over $61,000 in travel from a regime where homosexuality is illegal. So which is it, principle or payoff?” Greene explained to The Daily Signal. A recent Washington Free Beacon report found that Qatar funded the mayor and four staff members’ December 2023 trip to visit the Persian Gulf state.  “Too many Democrats in Washington are more interested in playing political games than doing the job they were elected to do. The only flags I fly outside of my office are the flags of the United States, Alabama, and ‘An Appeal to Heaven’” Moore told The Daily Signal. The ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag dates back to the American Revolution. The post ‘Readiness Over Wokeness’: GOP Lawmakers Salute Renaming of Navy Vessel appeared first on The Daily Signal.

President Donald Trump’s feud with Elon Musk continued to escalate on Thursday afternoon, when the billionaire entrepreneur accused Trump of being in the Epstein files. Trump, in turn, made no personal attack, but defended what he calls the “big, beautiful bill.” “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files,” Musk said on his social media platform, X. “That is the real reason they have not been made public.” Time to drop the really big bomb:@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.Have a nice day, DJT!— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025 The sensational accusation followed days of Trump and Musk disagreeing on the merits of the “big, beautiful” spending bill to fund the federal government. In a Truth Social post Thursday afternoon, Trump says he would rather Musk criticize him personally than attack the spending package. “I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago. This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress,” Trump said. “It’s a Record Cut in Expenses, $1.6 Trillion Dollars, and the Biggest Tax Cut ever given. If this Bill doesn’t pass, there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that. I didn’t create this mess, I’m just here to FIX IT. This puts our Country on a Path of Greatness. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Following the escalation of the feud, Tesla stock has fallen 4.2% to $284.70. This marks the 11th-worst single trading day for Tesla since the company went public in 2010. Musk’s term as a special government employee at the head of DOGE ended on May 30, and he stepped down from his role in government. Trump and Musk appeared in the Oval Office together that day to announce that Musk would be focusing his attention fully on his businesses. After his exit, Musk took to X to urge Congress members to “KILL the BILL.” “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” Musk wrote of the spending package on June 3. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.” I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore.This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2025 When asked on Thursday by a reporter about Musk’s opposition to the bill heralded as the “greatest tax cut in history” by Trump, the president said he was “disappointed” in Musk and unsure if they could remain friends. “I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here, better than you people,” Trump said. “Elon and I had a great relationship,” Trump said. “I don’t know if we will anymore.” Trump suggested he struck a nerve with Musk by accusing him of opposing the bill because it cuts electric vehicle mandates. “He knew everything about it and he had no problem,” Trump said. “But then all of a sudden he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out that we’re gonna have to cut the EV [electric vehicle] mandate because that’s billions and billions of dollars, and it really is unfair.” Musk quickly responded to Trump’s statements, accusing the president of “ingratitude” for his work on Trump’s campaign. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” Musk wrote. Trump had said that he would have won the election with or without Musk’s help. “He actually went up and campaigned for me,” Trump said. “I think I would have won, Susie [Wiles] would say I would have won Pennsylvania easily anyway, even if the governor ran, the real governor, not the governor from Minnesota, who’s, I mean, he’s a sick puppy, that guy, that poor guy. Feel sorry for him, but they made a bad choice with him.” Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025 Musk maintained that he didn’t disapprove of the bill because of the EV mandates but because he is concerned about the national debt. “Whatever. Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill,” Musk tweeted. “In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that both big and beautiful. Everyone knows this! Either you get a big and ugly bill or a slim and beautiful bill. Slim and beautiful is the way.” Whatever. Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill. In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that both big and beautiful.…— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025 Trump doubled down on his claim that Musk only opposed the “big beautiful bill” because it could harm Tesla. “Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!” Trump said on TruthSocial. “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” he added. “I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!” “Such an obvious lie,” Musk responded shortly after. “So sad. Such an obvious lie. So sad. https://t.co/sOu9vqMVfX— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025 MAGA influencer Jack Posobiec jumped to the president’s defense regarding Musk’s claim about the Epstein files. “If Trump was in the Epstein files it would have been released a decade ago and there wouldn’t have been any need to make up a fake Russian hooker dossier,” Posobiec wrote. If Trump was in the Epstein files it would have been released a decade ago and there wouldn't have been any need to make up a fake Russian hooker dossier— Jack Poso ?? (@JackPosobiec) June 5, 2025 Attorney General Pam Bondi has promised to release the Epstein files, but only partial records have been made public. Musk also pounced on Congressional Republicans who have expressed fiscally conservative opinions in the past and are currently supporting the “big beautiful bill.” “Where is the Mike Johnson of 2023!?” Musk asked. Where is the Mike Johnson of 2023!? https://t.co/wJaUuwUKQv— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025 This is a developing story and it may be updated. The post How Far Will Trump’s Feud With Elon Musk Go? appeared first on The Daily Signal.