Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos cookies, dies at 88

After opening his Famous Amos bakery in 1975, the entrepreneur and literary advocate built a cookie empire

Wallace Wally" Amos, the entrepreneur and founder of Famous Amos cookies who later became a children's literary advocate, died on Tuesday at the age of 88, his family said.

With his Panama hat, kazoo, and boundless optimism, Famous Amos was a great American success story, and a source of Black pride," said a statement from his children, Sarah, Michael, Gregory and Shawn Amos.