Jerome Lester Horwitz, AKA "Curly" Howard of Three Stooges fame shaved his hair off and became the "third" Stooge when his brother Shemp Howard (Samuel Horwitz), left the troupe to go with another act.
Curly was not on camera when he suffered a number of strokes and was found by his brother Moe Howard (Harry Moses Horwitz) who went looking for him after Curly failed to show up for a scene they were getting ready to film. Jerome later died as a result of the strokes.
According to Wikipedia, here are the dates of death for all the Stooges:
Moe Howard
Real Name: Moses Harry Horwitz
Born: June 19, 1897
Died: May 4, 1975 (aged 77)
Stooge years: 1922-1975
Larry Fine
Real Name: Louis Feinberg
Born: October 5, 1902
Died: January 24, 1975 (aged 72)
Stooge years: 1925-1971
Curly Howard
Real Name: Jerome Lester Horwitz
Born: October 22, 1903
Died: January 18, 1952 (aged 48)
Stooge years: 1932-1946
Shemp Howard
Real Name: Samuel Horwitz
Born: March 11, 1895
Died: November 22, 1955 (aged 60)
Stooge years: 1922-1932, 1946-1955
Joe Besser
Born: August 12, 1907
Died: March 1, 1988 (aged 80)
Stooge years: 1956-1958
Joe DeRita ("Curly Joe")
Real Name: Joseph Wardell
Born: July 12, 1909
Died: July 3, 1993 (aged 83)
Stooge years: 1958-1975
Actual cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage.
No , Curly Howard of the Three Stooges passed away in 1952 : R.I.P.
Jerome "Curly" Howard played himself in the 3 Stooges.
No. Curly was Curly Howard, and Curly Joe was Joe "Curly Joe" DeRita. Real name: Joseph Wardell.
Actually, Moe and Curly are from the Howard family. And Larry comes from Fine family.
The movie you describe was never made. Curly Howard died before the Three Stooges made any movies, and he appeared only in short films. The third stooge in the Three Stooges movies was played by Curly Joe DiRita. Of the shorts (with Curly) I liked "Punch Drunk" the best. Of the movies (with Curly Joe) I liked "The Three Stooges in Orbit" the best.
No , Curly Howard of the Three Stooges passed away in 1952 : R.I.P.
The New 3 Stooges - 1965 Curly's Bear - 1.93 was released on: USA: 1965
Jerome "Curly" Howard played himself in the 3 Stooges.
Curly and Moe are 2 of the 3 Stooges. The other is Larry. The odd thing is that Curly has a buzz cut and Larry has curly hair.
No. Curly was Curly Howard, and Curly Joe was Joe "Curly Joe" DeRita. Real name: Joseph Wardell.
Actually, Moe and Curly are from the Howard family. And Larry comes from Fine family.
Moe Larry and Curly, the three Stooges.
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The movie you describe was never made. Curly Howard died before the Three Stooges made any movies, and he appeared only in short films. The third stooge in the Three Stooges movies was played by Curly Joe DiRita. Of the shorts (with Curly) I liked "Punch Drunk" the best. Of the movies (with Curly Joe) I liked "The Three Stooges in Orbit" the best.
Moe and Larry were always the first and second stooges. At different times the third stooge was Curly, or Shemp, or Joe, or Curly Joe.
"All the World's a Stooge" , where all three stooges are to be adopted .
There was no Joe in the three stooges. They were Moe, Larry and Shemp/Curly