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Curly Howard’s Grandson Bradley Is Keeping His ‘Brilliant’ Grandfather’s Three Stooges Legacy Alive


Curly Howard’s grandson Bradley Server recalls his 'brilliant' grandfather's work in Three Stooges and beyond in this exclusive interview with Closer.

With his childlike innocence, high-pitched voice and nonsense catchphrases like “nyuk-nyuknyuk!” and “woob-woob-woob!” Curly Howard became the most popular of the Three Stooges among children — including his own grandson. Curly, born Jerome Horwitz in Brooklyn, had been a high school basketball star, singer and a ballroom dancer before he was called upon to replace his older brother Shemp Howard in the Stooges act in 1932. Though Bradley never met his grandfather Curly, who died in 1952 at age 48 after a long convalescence, he’s made an effort to connect with other descendants of the Three Stooges.

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