Officially became a member of The Three Stooges in the early 1970s, replacing Larry Fine. Two planned Stooges film projects never occurred. The second, which the Stooges dropped out of when Moe Howard became too sick to work, was produced with the [two surviving] Ritz Brothers stepping into the Stooges' shoes and released as Blazing Stewardesses (1975).
He was the last surviving member of The Three Stooges (although he never had a chance to make a film in this role). He was also the only person to have worked with all six of the Stooges.
His license plate read STOOGES.
Had two daughters: Eelonka Klugman and Little-Star Martotella; and four sons: Rudigor Sitka, Storm Sitka, Darrow Sitka and Saxon Sitka.
Following his death, he was interred at Conejo Mountain Memorial Park in Camarillo, California. As a tribute to his tenure with the Three Stooges, his gravestone reads "Hold hands, you lovebirds!".