Shemp died on November 22,1955 at 60 years old
Shemp died of a massive heart attack on November 22, 1955. Shemp was lighting a cigar after telling a joke when he suddenly slumped over in his friend Al Winston's lap.
Shemp Howard was born on March 4, 1895.
Shemp Howard went by The Forgotten Stooge.
I believe Shemp Howard had blue eyes...
Shemp Howard's birth name is Horwitz, Samuel.
Shemp Howard was born on March 4, 1895 and died on November 22, 1955. Shemp Howard would have been 60 years old at the time of death or 120 years old today.
The brothers Moe , Shemp and Curly Howard , Larry Fine , Joe Besser , [Joe Palma doubled for Shemp after his death] and Joe DeRita . (Emil Sitka was selected to replace Larry who had a stroke but this did not come about.)
Larry Fine , Moe Howard and Shemp Howard . Curly Howard replaced his brother Shemp until he , Curly , suffered a stroke when he , in turn , was replaced by Shemp .
The Three Stooges originally consisted of Moe , Larry and Shemp . Curly was a replacement for Shemp who went on to have a career in Hollywood independent of the comedy trio . Shemp returned to take the place of Curly who had suffered a stroke . The fourth Stooge was Curly since he had replaced Shemp but then in turn was subsequently replaced by Shemp who was one of the original members of The Three Stooges . Shemp died of a heart-attack and was replaced by Joe Besser who needed to care for an ailing wife and was , in turn , replaced by Joe DeRita . Christine McIntyre (16 April 1911 - 8 July 1984) is sometimes referred to as the fourth stooge .
Shemp Eats the Moon - 1978 was released on: USA: 31 August 1978 (limited)
Shemp, whose real name was Sam, but his mother's accent made it sound like "Shemp"when she said "Sam"
The cast of Shemp Eats the Moon - 1978 includes: Bruce Campbell as Shemp Malone Sam Raimi as Angelo the Knife Ellen Sandweiss as The Snake Scott Spiegel as Lefty LaMerde