Curly became tired of being mistaken for a relative of the curly-haired Angora goat. Muslim men, attracted to what they thought was his goatishness, kept trying to sneak up on him from (cough) behind. So he straightened his hair and faded into anonymity.
Odumbo had the three stooges retired by executive order, to be replaced by the one stooge in the White Hut.