George/Norm has passed away and his obituary says he was 76 years old.
Last week I saw an article on how much younger people look now compared to 30 or 40 years ago. The picture used as the demonstration was Cheers' Norm. They showed what a 34-year-old Norm looked like during the Cheers series which ran from 1982 to 1993 and how he would look today at the same age. Today's Norm looks younger.
I found an article that showed pictures of the main characters at the beginning and then the end of the series.
"A 33-year-old George Wendt first perched himself up at the bar as Norm Peterson during season one of Cheers. Greetings of "Norm" continued each time he arrived at the bar throughout the series 11-season run until he was 44."
Doesn't he sort of look the same age at the start and the end?
And why do we seem to look younger now?
Here's an answer: "Yes, it's generally accepted that people today are looking younger than they did 50 years ago. This is due to a combination of factors, including advancements in healthcare, changes in lifestyle (like better nutrition and smoking cessation), and increased use of sunscreen and skincare."
Here's another answer: "Our skin, hair and teeth are benefiting from less cigarette smoke and physical toil, as well as an ever-expanding collection of cosmetic interventions designed to make us look younger."
The studies say that people of the same chronological age are also biologically younger than fifty years ago.
There are some pretty irises blooming in my garden. Irises have a long season of bloom - there are early bloomers with the snowdrops right through to June when the bearded varieties bloom. These beautiful bearded irises are at Royal Botanical Gardens and will bloom in a week or two.
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