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Feb 16, 2013 · Mr. Healy was born in Hollywood, Calif., and named John Jacob Nash. He changed his name to Theodore John Healy to honor his late father, a Texan named Ernest Lee Nash. He adopted Ted Healy as a stage name. The son joined the U.S. Naval Academy and met his wife of 47 years, Karen Anderson Healy, on a blind date while stationed in Athens.
- David Lobosco
Jul 19, 2011 · Mr. Healy was born in Hollywood, Calif., and named John Jacob Nash. He changed his name to Theodore John Healy to honor his late father, a Texan named Ernest Lee Nash.
"My dad was born John Jacob Nash on December 17, 1937. It was not until he reached adulthood that he legally changed his name to Theodore John Healy, although everyone always called him "Ted" throughout his childhood.
His son - John Jacob Nash but who changed his name to Theodore John Healy - who was born four days before Ted's untimely death, graduated from Annapolis in 1963. He died in 2011 at the age of 73.
- October 1, 1896
- December 21, 1937
Dec 4, 2012 · Healy was survived by his widow, Betty Healy (née Hickman, whom he married on May 15, 1936) and his son, John Jacob Nash — who was baptized in St. Augustine's Church, opposite MGM, a week after Healy's death.
- David Lobosco
Their son, John Jacob, was born on December 17, 1937, four days before Healy's death. [11] Healy campaigned for the reelection of President Herbert Hoover in 1932.
His son - John Jacob Nash but who changed his name to Theodore John Healy - who was born four days before Ted's untimely death, graduated from Annapolis in 1963. He died in 2011 at the age of 73. Befriended and worked with Moe Howard years before their "stooge" act in a water comedy show that featured swimmer Annette Kellerman in 1912.
