Steve Allen, the droll comic who composed more than 4,000 songs, wrote 47 books and pioneered late night television with the original Tonight Show, died at his son's home. He was 78.

Nov. 28 -- A California coroner is investigating the Oct. 30 death of comic-musician Steve Allen to see whether a minor car crash he suffered the same day had any connection to his passing. Allen ...

By then, Allen had moved first to KNX radio in Los Angeles and, in 1950, to New York for "The Steve Allen Show," on WCBS. It began as a local late-night show but was soon shifted to daytime.

” Steve Allen’s death saddens me greatly. All of us who have hosted the ‘Tonight Show’ format owe a debt of gratitude to Steve Allen. He was a most creative innovator and brilliant ...

TV legend Steve Allen, best known as the creator and original host of NBC's The Tonight Show, died of an apparent heart attack at the Encino, Calif. home of his son Monday night. He was 78.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the death of late-night pioneer Steve Allen Monday night from an apparent heart attack. As the creator of the Tonight Show, Allen started many late-night talkshow ...

Steve Allen, the zany comedian and witty social commentator whose career zipped at warp speed from one occupation to the next--from hosting the original "Tonight" show to lecturing about morality ...

Those of us alive in the 1950s probably consider Steve Allen the person who led the "pioneering" efforts of NBC's "Tonight Show." Paar was a worthy successor and, indeed, more cerebral than Allen ...

Steve Allen sits at a piano in a darkened studio, alone except for a few stagehands. “Saying goodbye to this show feels like graduating high school and going to college,” he begins.

Comic, Songwriter, Author Steve Allen Dies Pioneer of 'Tonight' Show in 1953 Also Wrote 40 Books, Hosted PBS Series During Prolific Career November 1, 2000 By J.Y. Smith ...