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Special thanks to Debbie Nystrom of Hemet, California for her photographs of the following gravesites.


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Click here for gravesite of Helen Howard.
Click here for gravesite of Helen and Moe.

Moe Howard
(June 19, 1897 - May 4, 1975)

1. Time Magazine - May 19, 1975 - Milestones p. 79
2. Newsweek Magazine - May 19, 1975 - Transition p. 53
3. LA Times -Tuesday, May 6, 1975 - Part II p. 1
4. LA Times - Tuesday, May 6, 1975 - Vital Records - Part III p. 9
5. Dallas Morning News - Tuesday, May 6, 1975 p. 20A
6. The Dallas Times Herald - Monday, May 5, 1975 p. 12D

Moe and Helen are interred at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California.
Specific Interment Location: Court of Love.

Cause of death: Lung cancer.


Larry Fine
(October 5, 1902 - January 24, 1975)

1. Time Magazine - February 3, 1975 - Milestones p. 42
2. Dallas Morning News - Saturday, January 25, 1975 p. 31E

Larry, Mabel and John Fine are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.


Specific Interment Location: Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Liberation.

Cause of death: Stroke.

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Click here for gravesite of Mabel Fine.
Click here for gravesite of John (Larry's son), Mabel and Larry.


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Jerry "Curly" Howard
(October 22, 1903 - January 18, 1952)

1. New York Times - January 18, 1952

Home of Peace Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Specific Interment Location: near the back of the cemetery on the right hand side in an area called "the Western Jewish Institute," row 5, grave 1.

Cause of Death: Complications from a stroke.

Note the bottle of Three Stooges brand beer left by an admirer.


Sol and Jenny Horwitz
(Parents of Shemp, Moe and Curly)

 

Note that Curly's grave is located behind his parent's grave.

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shemp_crypt2.jpg (25875 bytes) Shemp Howard
(March 17, 1895 - November 23, 1955)

1. New York Times - November 24, 1955.

 

Home of Peace Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Specific Interment Location: In Mausoleum-Second Tier from the bottom.

Cause of Death: Heart Attack.


Joe Besser
(August 12 , 1907 - March 1, 1988)

Dallas Morning News - March 2, 1988

Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA.
Specific Interment Location: Dedication section, block 4404, Grave 2A.

 

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derita_grave2.jpg (39492 bytes) Curly-Joe DeRita
(July 12, 1909 - July 3, 1993)

1. Los Angeles Daily News - July 4, 1993

Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, California, USA.
Specific Interment Location: Block D, Section 338, Lot 19.
GPS coordinates: 34.18762, -118.36159 (hddd.dddd)

Cause of Death: Pneumonia.


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