Steve Allen, one of television's greatest innovators and the first host of NBC's "Tonight Show," is dead at 78. A cultural curmudgeon in his final years, Allen was one of TV's zaniest comics in ...

LOS ANGELES – Steve Allen, the bespectacled, droll comedian who pioneered late night television with the original “Tonight Show” and wrote more than 4,000 songs and 40 books, has died at 78 ...

Steve Allen, the original host of "The Tonight Show" who is credited with writing 50 books and 3,000 songs, died of a heart attack Monday night in Encino, Calif., at the home of his youngest son ...

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 came by his humor naturally; both his parents, Billy Allen and Belle Montrose, were vaudeville comedians. Steve was 18 months old when his father died, and his mother continued touring ...

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 ...

Comic, Songwriter, Author Steve Allen Dies Pioneer of 'Tonight' Show in 1953 Also Wrote 40 Books, Hosted PBS Series During Prolific Career ...

Steve Allen is fondly remembered in the pages of this week's press. The multi-talented entertainer died in his sleep on Monday from apparent cardiac arrest. He was 78.

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 ...

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 ...