With Curly not well enough to perform, Moe Howard asked his brother Shemp to fill the gap. Shemp was enjoying a successful solo career and was reluctant to rejoin the Stooges.

In 1932, Jerome Howard (soon to be universally known as "Curly") joined The Three Stooges comedy team. He was replacing his older brother, Shemp, as the third Stooge, joining his older brother Moe ...

Curly Howard became the most popular of the Three Stooges among children — including his own grandson. “Curly was definitely my favorite,” Bradley Server, who was a fan before he knew they ...

Jerome Howard, best known as “Curly,” passed away in 1952 at age 48. The beloved comic suffered a stroke in 1946 and had been coping with ill health during his final years.

Marilyn Howard Ellman, Daughter of The Three Stooges’ Curly Howard, Dies at 86. She remembered how much her dad loved animals before he died in 1952 when she was just 13.

Howard died in 1952, when he was just 48. For decades, little material existed about the comedian until his niece (and Moe's daughter), Joan Howard Maurer , decided to compile a book.

Curly Howard suffered a stroke in 1946 that forced him to retire, and he died six years later. He was replaced in 1946 by Shemp Howard, who was with the Stooges until 1955, when he died.

The Three Stooges are arguably the most popular and influential comedy institution in Hollywood history. Yet Moe, Curly and Larry (and Shemp) did not receive the recognition and reward you might ...

Janie Howard Hanky was just a toddler when her famous “Stooge” father, Jerome “Curly” Howard, died. But the Westminster resident stillhas memories and favorite stories to tell of her dad ...

Marilyn Howard Ellman, the youngest daughter of The Three Stooges star Curly Howard, died May 6 in Simi Valley of heart failure, her son Bradley Server told The Hollywood Reporter.She was 86.