{"id":3261,"date":"2026-07-11T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2026-07-11T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T22:39:09","slug":"police-academy-star-peter-van-norden-dead-at-75-following-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>Veteran actor Peter Van Norden died in a Southern California hospice facility Thursday at the age of 75.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3259\">Over 100 Israeli Settlers Storm West Bank Village As Home Burns And Christian Land Dispute Escalates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His wife, Wendy, said she was by Norden\u2019s side when he passed away peacefully after battling several health conditions, according to TMZ. Norden began his decades-long Hollywood career in the late 70s in the comedy \u201cSqueeze Play,\u201d and went on to appear in a number of recognizable roles in \u201cWaitress!\u201d \u201cCheers,\u201d \u201cT.J. Hooker,\u201d and \u201cRoadhouse 66.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norden\u2019s most memorable comedic roles include Officer Vinnie Schtulman in \u201cPolice Academy 2: Their First Assignment,\u201d and \u201cThe Naked Gun 2\u00bd: The Smell of Fear\u201d in which he played former White House Chief of Staff John Sununu.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P7Q21Tn1Vlw?feature=oembed\" title=\"Police Academy 2 Stuhlman\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His numerous television credits include \u201cThree\u2019s A Crowd,\u201d\u00a0 \u201cSilver Spoons,\u201d \u201cMatlock,\u201d \u201cL.A. Law,\u201d \u201cMurder, She Wrote,\u201d and two episodes on the hit soap opera \u201cDays of Our Lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3257\">OK Boomer: Neocons Used Landline Phones To Poll Young MAGA Voters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Van Norden\u2019s film credits include The Accused; An Innocent Man; Love Hurts; Hunky Dory; and West Virginia, among others. (RELATED:<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his numerous comedic roles in the 80s and 90s, Norden performed on Broadway and in theatres across the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>His last performance was in 2025 in a production of \u201cCorktown \u201939\u201d in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3255\">Lance Twiggs Says Tyler Robinson Admitted To Murdering Charlie Kirk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norden is survived by Wendy and their son, Robert.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actor Peter Van Norden died in a Southern California hospice facility Thursday at the age of 75.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3042,574,317,1055,318],"class_list":["post-3261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-broadway","tag-comedy","tag-death","tag-illness","tag-obituary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness - Home Transfer Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness - Home Transfer Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Veteran actor Peter Van Norden died in a Southern California hospice facility Thursday at the age of 75.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home Transfer Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-11T22:39:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-11T22:39:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261\"},\"wordCount\":257,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/cbfdcc4eb76de078a8d9ec0acbed041d.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"broadway\",\"comedy\",\"death\",\"illness\",\"obituary\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261\",\"name\":\"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness - Home Transfer Guide\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/cbfdcc4eb76de078a8d9ec0acbed041d.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-11T22:39:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/cbfdcc4eb76de078a8d9ec0acbed041d.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/cbfdcc4eb76de078a8d9ec0acbed041d.webp\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":549},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3261#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home Transfer Guide\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness - Home Transfer Guide","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness - Home Transfer Guide","og_description":"Veteran actor Peter Van Norden died in a Southern California hospice facility Thursday at the age of 75.","og_url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261","og_site_name":"Home Transfer Guide","article_published_time":"2026-07-11T22:39:09+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529"},"headline":"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness","datePublished":"2026-07-11T22:39:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261"},"wordCount":257,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cbfdcc4eb76de078a8d9ec0acbed041d.webp","keywords":["broadway","comedy","death","illness","obituary"],"articleSection":["Interesting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261","name":"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness - Home Transfer Guide","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cbfdcc4eb76de078a8d9ec0acbed041d.webp","datePublished":"2026-07-11T22:39:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cbfdcc4eb76de078a8d9ec0acbed041d.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cbfdcc4eb76de078a8d9ec0acbed041d.webp","width":1280,"height":549},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3261#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018Police Academy\u2019 Star Peter Van Norden Dead At 75 Following Illness"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/","name":"Home Transfer Guide","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/hometransferguide.com"],"url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}