ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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