curly from the three stooges died on january 18, 1952.
when did curly from the three stooges die?
january 18 , 1952
in may 1946, the three stooges (curly howard, larry fine, and moe howard) had been making short comedies for columbia pictures since 1934. curly suffered a disabling stroke on may 6, 1946, forcing him to retire. he died on january 18, 1952, at the age of 48. meanwhile, his brother shemp howard, the original third stooge before leaving the act in 1932 for a solo career, only wanted to be a temporary replacement. joe derita was also starring in his own series of shorts at columbia (in "the good bad egg", "wedlock deadlock", "slappily married", and "jitter bughouse"). stooges producer-director jules white attempted to recruit joe derita for the three stooges because he wanted "another curly." however, the strong-willed derita refused to change his act or imitate another performer, and white eventually gave up on derita. (derita's own short-subject contract was not renewed after four films, the final entry being "jitter bughouse".) derita returned to burlesque and recorded a risque lp in 1950 called "burlesque uncensored".
joe derita
section::::the three stooges: larry, moe and curly joe.:1961.









































bullet::::- "fox movietone news - return to peyton place" (may 2)









































bullet::::- "snow white and the three stooges" (june 21)









































section::::the three stooges: larry, moe and curly joe.:1962.









































bullet::::- "the three stooges meet hercules" (january 26)









































bullet::::- "the three stooges in orbit" (july 4)









































section::::the three stooges: larry, moe and curly joe.:1963.









































bullet::::- "the three stooges go around the world in a daze" (august 21)









































bullet::::- "it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world" (november 7) §









































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section::::the three stooges: larry, moe and curly joe.:1965.
the three stooges filmography