Editing Steve Allen (section)

== Death and legacy ==
On October 30, 2000, Allen was involved in a minor traffic crash while traveling to visit his youngest son at home in Los Angeles.<ref name = ABC>{{Cite news | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=111268&page=1 | title=Car Accident Led to Steve Allen's Death | author=<!-- Staff writer(s); no by-line. --> | work=ABC News | date=January 7, 2001 | access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref> A driver struck the side of Allen's car while backing out of a driveway, causing Allen to suffer a ruptured blood vessel, among other injuries, though he apparently did not realize he was seriously hurt. After Allen arrived at his son's home, he took a nap and died in his sleep.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/la-me-steve-allen-20001101-story.html?_amp=true|title=Steve Allen, TV innovator, author, composer, dies at 78|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 2000}}</ref> At first, it was believed that he had a heart attack. However, Allen's autopsy revealed that he actually died from [[hemopericardium]], caused by injuries sustained in the crash. Though the condition was partially caused by [[atherosclerosis]], the death was ruled accidental.<ref name = ABC /><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/05/allen.autopsy/|title = Traffic accident contributed to entertainer Steve Allen's death|work = [[CNN]]|date = January 5, 2001|accessdate = July 1, 2022}}</ref> According to his widow, Jayne Meadows, "Typical of Steve, [who] was the dearest, sweetest man: He was hit by a man, backing into him, breaking all of his ribs, that pierced his heart&nbsp;... and when he got out of the car, he said to the man, 'What some people will do to get my autograph.'"<ref>Jayne Meadows, interviewed on "Steve Allen Remembered," Larry King Live (CNN), 2003</ref>

Allen is buried at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in [[Hollywood Hills]], Los Angeles.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 928). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref> He has two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]&nbsp;– a television star at 1720 [[Vine Street]] and a radio star at 1537 Vine Street. Jayne Meadows was buried next to Allen following her death in 2015.