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. Bill Allen ...

The thing about Steve Allen was, he looked so deceptively? ordinary. Who would guess that this bespectacled 6 foot 3 inch gent with a fondness for tweed jackets and jazz could abruptly break out in ...

January 7 -- A minor traffic accident was apparently to blame for the October death of comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen, according to a just-released coroner's report. Allen, 78, died Oct.