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Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr., founder of the "Famous Amos" cookies known and beloved nationwide, died at 88 on Wednesday, his family said.The American entrepreneur died peacefully at his home with ...
Amos was born July 1, 1936, to Wallace and Ruby Amos. [1] He was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, until he was 12 years old. [2] When his parents divorced, he moved to New York City with his aunt, where he enrolled at the Food Trades Vocational High School.
Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children’s literacy advocate, has died. Amos created the Famous Amos ...
Wally Amos, the charismatic founder of Famous Amos cookies, has died at age 88, ... Man shot dead by police after driving into Texas mall, striking multiple people. Sports. Sports.
Wallace “Wally” Amos, founder of the chocolate chip cookie brand Famous Amos, has died. He was 88. Amos died Tuesday at this home in Honolulu, Hawaii, his children Shawn and Sarah Amos told ...
Package from a Singapore outlet, c. 2007. The Famous Amos cookie brand has gone through four package designs. The original package consisted of a round, tin metal box, similar to the blue packages of a European brand of cookies, except that Famous Amos's package was white, and with a photo of what seemed to be a large chocolate chip cookie spinning on Wally Amos's finger.
John Allen Amos Jr. [1] (December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times .
Wally Amos, who created Famous Amos cookies in 1975, died on Aug. 13 from complications of dementia