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, his children Shawn and Sarah Amos told the New York Times. The cause was complications of dementia.
Born on July 1, 1936, in Tallahassee, Fla., Amos moved to Harlem in his early teens to live with his aunt, Della Bryant, who would bake cookies for him.
After serving in the Air Force from 1954 until 1957, Amos returned to New York and joined the William Morris Agency. He started in the mailroom and worked his way up the ranks to
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