Original 'founder' of the Three Stooges. Faced with no act one night, Healy, a Broadway comedian, called two boyhood friends - Moe and Shemp Howard - up on the stage one night. Their ad-libbed routine brought the house down and began the career of the Stooges. Healy died under mysterious circumstances in December of 1937; some say he was murdered after a drunken brawl. Fountain pen signature, 'Ted Healy,' on an irregularly trimmed light pink album page. Matted with a color image of a poster for The Big Idea, to an overall size of 12 x 16. In fine condition, with small photo of Healy affixed above signature and some light show through from signature on reverse. RRAuction COA.
