Shemp Howard's heart attack.
Tom McCafferty
Meaning, no warning?
As the story goes, when he was in the car?
James Neibaur
burnaby...@hotmail.com wrote on 3/20/04 9:49 PM:
> Was that an example of a *silent* heart attack?
>
> Meaning, no warning?
>
> As the story goes, when he was in the car?
Isn't there also a story that it was a stroke, and not a heart attack? I
seem to recall either reading this or being told by someone.
JN
John Spillane
nitrogen pills.I don't even think moe even knew about it....About the
pills at that time.Shemp passed away of a massive heart attack in Nov.1955.
James Neibaur
Joh...@comcast.net wrote on 3/20/04 11:29 PM:
> Jim,I read that he'd had a stroke in 1952.I also read he was taking
> nitrogen pills.I don't even think moe even knew about it....About the
> pills at that time.Shemp passed away of a massive heart attack in Nov.1955.
Maybe that is what I remember. It is interesting that we don't see a
discernible change in Shemp's performance after his stroke (whereas Curly
was very affected by late 1945).
JN
John Spillane
Curly's deteriorating.
John Spillane
Every book I pick up it says,heartattack...In forrester's
chronicles,Shemp's wife,(Babe)was quoted as saying,It was a heartattack.
Rob Petrie wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> "James Neibaur" <jnei...@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:BC827372.31546%jnei...@wi.rr.com...
> His granddaughter, Sandie, claims it was a stroke and not a heart
> attack as so commonly reported. Shemp's death was a complete surprise to
> Babe as she reported he suffered no previous medical conditions at the time
> of his death, 11pm PT on Nov. 22, 1955.
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397602/
>
>
Tommie Hicks, Jr.
Tommie Hicks
Tom McCafferty <burnaby...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<405D10DE...@hotmail.com>...
Teem
cigar,the passenger didn't hear anything from Shemp,but,he smelled
something,the cigar burning his coat,so Shemp didn't let out a painful
yell,just fell against the passenger.
"Tommie Hicks, Jr." <homes...@netburner.net> wrote in message
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Tommie Hicks, Jr.
scenes afterward where Shemp's hand trembles tremendously. HUSBANDS
BEWARE comes to mind (when Shemp is at the table and the wives start
getting beligerent after trying to eat their meal).
Tommie Hicks
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Stooge
> I denote a slowing down of Shemp after SPOOKS. Also there are some
> scenes afterward where Shemp's hand trembles tremendously. HUSBANDS
> BEWARE comes to mind (when Shemp is at the table and the wives start
> getting beligerent after trying to eat their meal).
His hands always seemed to do that, even before his stroke, and it may
have even been intentional. Look at HOLD THAT LION in one part during
the file cabinet scene. I think it's when Moe says "I have to do
EVERYTHING around here!" where you can see Shemp's hands shaking.
There are some other shorts he does that in as well, but I can't
remember any other examples now.
Don P.
>
> His hands always seemed to do that, even before his stroke, and it may
> have even been intentional. Look at HOLD THAT LION in one part during
> the file cabinet scene. I think it's when Moe says "I have to do
> EVERYTHING around here!" where you can see Shemp's hands shaking.
> There are some other shorts he does that in as well, but I can't
> remember any other examples now.
>
"What's a matter, are you nervous?"
"I'm in a hurry all over!"
Elmer Pintar
learned from the Curly experience, I think; and as a result, found it
wise to limit Shemp's work. His work is limited, though good.
Elmer Pintar
Mr. Rain
I would bet dollars to doughnuts that it was an aortic dissection, the
same thing that killed John Ritter. Even today, there can be no sign of
it coming, and back then, they wouldn't have thought to look for it and
it would have been identified as a 'heart attack'.
BeAStooge
>From: "Rob Petrie" r*@att.net
>Date: 4/25/04 10:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>>
>> (Tommie Hicks, Jr.) wrote
>> According to Shemp's daughter-in-law, it was a massive stroke, not a
>> > heart attack.
>
>one who claimed Shemp's wife 'Babe' (Gertrude) told her it was a cerebral
>hemorrage, not a heart attack as reported.
Tommie's source of information is correct.
Sandie (born after Shemp's death) was only relating her mother Geri's
first-hand information. Geri is still with us; hopefully for many more healthy
years.
Geri was in the ER, with husband Mort and mother-in-law Babe that Nov. '55
night, and were told by the attending doctor that Shemp died from a cerebral
hemorrage.
The doctor who signed the death certifcate never examined Shemp. Indications
are, the death certificate is wrong.