Wally Amos, Famous Amos Cookies Creator, Dead at 88:
Wally Amos, the creator of Famous Amos cookies, died on Monday after complications of dementia.
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Famous Amos Founder Wally Amos Dies at 88According to his children, the entrepreneur died at his Honolulu home on August 13 from complications of dementia.
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- Wallace Amos was born in Tallahassee on July 1, 1936, becoming the industry’s first Black talent agent at William Morris Agency.
- In 1975, Amos launched his company and opened its first store on Los Angeles’ Sunset Boulevard’s east side.
- According to Amos’s book, Marvin Gaye invested $10,000 early in his sweets company.
- Shawn and Sarah Amos announced his death Tuesday, citing complications from dementia.
If you’re doin’ it, that’s Ok, I’ll invest in it.— Marvin Gaye replied to Wally Amos during a pitch, saying he would invest; recounted by Amos in his book The Cookie Never Crumbles (as cited by LAist).
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