CURLY HOWARD

Curly Howard was an actor and comedian from the 1920s to the 1940s, who is best-known as one of the Three Stooges (and arguably the most popular of the group). Curly joined The Three Stooges in 1932, replacing his brother Shemp Howard. He made more than 100 film appearances with the team before a massive stroke on the set of Half-Wits Holiday in 1947 forced him to retire. He recuperated enough to appear in Hold That Lion and hoped to eventually return to the team, but another series of strokes deteriorated his health until he died in 1952 at the age of 48.