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(1896-1937) US vaudevillain who in 1923 founded a stage act known as 'Ted Healy & His Stooges', the latter comprising Moe Howard and his brother, Shemp Howard, whose roles were to act as foils, or stooges, for Healy's jokes. Joined later by Larry Fine, the Howards later went off on their own, eventually to call themselves 'The Three Stooges'. This item is a 4.5x7 page, signed in pencil by Healy. It was signed just a few months before he was murdered.