Wendt, a Beverly native who moved in 1985 to LA, died on Tuesday, May 20, at his home. “He was the best, the kindest, most humble true blue Chicago.”Sausages were vital to Wendt. In 2011, Wendt made it a point to visit Hot Doug’s encased meat emporium in Avondale, which shuttered in 2014. Likewise, Glenn Fahlstrom, proprietor of Fahlstrom’s, a shuttered seafood restaurant in Lakeview, posted a photo of a Wendt visit. But owner George Bumbaris says he’s been too busy prepping to open a second location to take it down.