Moe Howard
Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Moe Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader of the Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades. That group initially started out as Ted Healy and His Stooges, an act that toured the vaudeville circuit. Moe's distinctive hairstyle came about when he was a boy and cut off his curls with a pair of scissors, producing an irregular shape approximating a bowl cut.
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| Full name at birth | Moses Horwitz
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| Claim to fame | The Three Stooges
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| Date of birth | 19 June 1897
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| Place of birth | Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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| Date of death | 4 May 1975
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| Age | 77 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Lung Cancer
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| Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
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| Occupation | Actor, Comedian, Writer
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| Height | 5' 4" (163 cm)
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| Residence | Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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- Got the idea for the notorious Stooge gag of eye-gouging one day when, during a game of bridge, Shemp leaned over and poked Larry in the eyes for not playing well. The result, Larry cried, Shemp apologized, Moe laughed until he fell out of his chair and walked through a glass door and considered the eye-gouge the funniest thing he`d ever seen.
- Sold frogs in saloons when he was a child to pay for his fares when he skipped school and instead went to the theater.
- When he and his brother Shemp put on shows for families and friends as children, they used younger brother Curly in female parts. Curly at seven, had trouble remembering his lines so Moe made cue cards on adhesive tape and stuck them to his forehead for Curly to read.
- Skinned his nose in a fall down the stairs of his home as a child. His nose was rebuilt by a doctor, but when the doctor turned out to be a phony, he had to have his nose rebuilt all over again by another doctor, whom his mother paid by giving him some of her old copper pots.
- He was very protective of his brother Curly Howard, who was in reality quite shy and not known to stand up for himself.
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