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Wally Amos, Famous Amos Cookies Founder, Dies at 88
Wallace 'Wally' Amos, founder of the chocolate chip cookie brand Famous Amos, has died. He was 88.
Born on July 1, 1936, in Tallahassee, Fla., Amos moved to Harlem in his early teens to live with his aunt, Della Bryant. He notably signed Simon and Garfunkel and worked with Motown artists such as the Supremes, Diana Ross, Sam Cooke and Dionne Warwick. In 1967, Amos moved to Los Angeles, where he began to bake as a pastime as he struggled to set up his own personal management company.
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