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Biography of Moe Howard (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975)
Moe Howard’s early years
Harry Moses Horwitz, better known as Moe Howard, was born on June 19, 1897.
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He was born in Bensonhurst, New York, a small Jewish community on the outskirts of Brooklyn. He was the fourth of five children. Although his parents were not involved in show business, Moe, his older brother Samuel (Shemp) and younger brother Jerome (Curly) all became world famous as part of the Three Stooges.
In school, Moe originally did quite well, aided by a prolific memory, able to quickly memorize anything.
In later years, this helped him in his acting career, making memorizing his lines quick and easy. Moe loved reading, as his older brother Jack commented:
” I had many Horatio Alger books and it was Moe’s greatest pleasure to read them.
They started his imaginative mind working and
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