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Wally Amos, 88, of cookie fame, died at home in Hawaii. He lost Famous Amos but found other success By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated PressUpdatedMarch 12, 2025 7:11 p.m.

HONOLULU (AP) — 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. He was 88.

Inside his now-shuttered Hawaii cookie shop, he sold bite-sized cookies similar to the ones he first sold at the Famous Amos Hollywood store. Amos also was active in promoting reading.

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