CHICAGO (WLS) -- 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, felt like the entire Beverly neighborhood.

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The place where everybody knows your name was not at a fictional bar in Boston, but at 92nd Place and Bell Street, which, as of Sunday, is known as the honorary George Wendt Way.

"The love and support for my husband and his legacy is just amazing to me, but not surprising," said Bernadette Birkett, George's widow. "He had great humility, but he deserved to be loved because he was a wonderful person."

The outpouring of love was evident as dozens of the late actor's friends a

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