He wrote more than 8,500 songs and was a pianist. Steve Allen won a Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1964. He authored more than 50 books. He was also an advocate of scientific skepticism. Allen received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a theater in Hollywood was named after him. He married Jayne Meadows in 1954. Steve Allen passed away on October 30, 2000 at 78 years old.