I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the following people and institutions who helped me in illuminating my rather obscure picture of Curly’s life:
Lester Borden, Columbia Pictures
Donovan Brandt
Eddie Brandt’s Saturday Matinee
Candy Cole
Steve Cox
Elaine Diamond
Marilyn Ellman
Natalie and Tom Emery
Theodore Gell
Margie Golden
Ernestine Goldman
Dr. John Grenner
Jane, Frank, and Kelly Hanky
Dr. Bernice Herzog
Dr. Norman Howard
Paul Howard
Michael Jackson
Ruth Kramer
Jeff and Greg Lenburg
Irma Leveton
Brooklyn Historical Society
Stanley Marx
Rhonna Resnick
Dolly Sallin
Art Seid
Naomi Tepfer
Mrs. Milton Trager and the Trager Institute
Marc Wanamaker and the Bison Archives
Allan Wilson, my editor
Lyle and Carole Stuart
A special thank-you to all those fans who added their words of love for Curly:
Randall Beach
Joe Caruso
Gary Deeb
Margaret Engel, staff writer, Washington Post
Bill Gagan
Wayne Hawk
Linda Jett
Phil Kaplansky
Jack Kerouac
Steven Meltzer
Mark Pawlick
Barry Pearl
Peter Quinn
Scott Spiegel
Anson Williams
Steve Williams
Steve Zodtner
And to those artists who illustrated their love for the Stooges and Curly:
Bob Borges
Martin Garrity
Al Jackson
Wayne Koch
Tony Pecollo
Ralph Reichhold