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We all know that Shemp, Moe & Curly were brothers, and that there were 5 Howard brothers altogether. Who were the other two? I assume they had no showbiz aspirations of any kind. Were they short like their Stooge brothers?
Just off the top of my head, I want to say Jack and Irving are the other two brothers. I know one of their families lived in Squirrel Hill, the Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh, PA. I can't remember which brother, though!
Photo circa 1900Front: Moses Horwitz (Moe)Back (l to r): Jack, Irving and Sam (Shemp) Horwitz
Found this picture online somewhere (can't for the life of me remember where) and I thought I remember reading in the caption that it was all 5 Howard brothers. However, after purchasing a used copy of "Curly" I found the picture in there and discovered that it's only 4 of the 5: Moe, Shemp, Jack, and Curly. Jack is standing behind Curly (seated). According to the book, this picture was taken at Joan Howard Maurer's wedding in 1947. Also read in there that Irving died in 1939 not long before their mother.
This Picture was taken at Joan's Wedding, Jack is the one with the glasses irving is sitting down to the left of Jerry (aka Curley) This pic is in Moe's Biography. They also have a pick of Jack and Moe in 1973.