{"id":74587,"date":"2024-08-15T01:49:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T05:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=74587"},"modified":"2024-08-15T01:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T05:49:41","slug":"wally-amos-jr-founder-of-famous-amos-cookies-dies-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/15\/wally-amos-jr-founder-of-famous-amos-cookies-dies-at-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Wally Amos Jr., founder of Famous Amos cookies, dies at 88"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74589\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/famous-amos-obit.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/famous-amos-obit.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/famous-amos-obit-300x178.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Wallace &#8220;Wally&#8221; Amos Jr., the founder of Famous Amos cookies, has died. He was 88. He died &#8220;peacefully&#8221; at home following a battle with dementia, his family said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Amos, a native of Tallahassee, Florida, opened the first Famous Amos cookie shop in Hollywood, California on the famed Sunset Blvd. in 1975. Amos&#8217; cookie brand exploded in popularity over the years, becoming known for the Famous Amos chocolate-chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della&#8217;s Cookies gourmet cookie brands, and he was the host of the adult reading program, Learn to Read.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3246277583\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74590\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/famous-amos-logo.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/famous-amos-logo.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/famous-amos-logo-234x300.webp 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Amos was born to Wallace and Ruby Amos. He was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, until he was 12 years old. When his parents divorced, he moved to New York City with his aunt, where he enrolled at the Food Trades Vocational High School. He showed his interest in cooking at a young age. It was from his aunt Della Bryant, who would bake cookies for him, that Amos later developed his chocolate chip cookie recipe. Shortly before graduation, Amos dropped out of high school to join the United States Air Force. He earned his high school equivalency diploma before being honorably discharged from the military.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to New York City, Amos went to college to become a secretary, and after graduating, took a mailroom clerk job with the William Morris Agency. Eventually, he became the agency&#8217;s first African American talent agent. He signed Simon &amp; Garfunkel and headed the agency&#8217;s rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll department. Amos attracted clients by sending them chocolate chip cookies along with an invitation to visit him. He represented musicians such as The Temptations, Sam Cooke, and Marvin Gaye.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74588\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74588 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shawn-amos-store.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shawn-amos-store.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shawn-amos-store-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original Famous Amos was opened by Wallace \u201cWally\u201d Amos, Jr. on Hollywood\u2019s Sunset Strip in 1975. Photo courtesy of Shawn Amos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1975, a friend suggested to Amos that he set up a store to sell his cookies, and in March of that year, the first Famous Amos cookie store opened in Los Angeles, California. He started the business with the help of a $25,000 loan from Marvin Gaye and Helen Reddy. The company began to expand, and eventually, Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies could be found on supermarket shelves across the United States. He became such a known figure culturally that he appeared as himself in the Taxi episode &#8220;Latka&#8217;s Cookies&#8221;, in 1981. Thanks in part to the success of his cookie company, he was hired to deliver speeches. He wrote several books, many of which have a self-help theme, including The Cookie Never Crumbles and The Power in You.<\/p>\n<p>In 1979, Amos&#8217;s long-time friend and publicist John Rosica introduced him to Literacy Volunteers of America. Amos advocated literacy and helped thousands of adults learn to read. In 1987, he also hosted a television series designed to teach others how to read, entitled Learn to Read, produced by Kentucky Educational Television and WXYZ-TV.<\/p><div id=\"morty-231577787\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1986, Amos was awarded the Entrepreneurial Excellence Award by President Ronald Reagan at the White House Conference on Small Business.<\/p>\n<p>Due to financial troubles, Amos was forced to sell the Famous Amos Company, and because the name &#8220;Famous Amos&#8221; was trademarked by his former company, he had to use The Uncle Noname&#8217;s Cookie Company as his new company&#8217;s name. A Famous Amos distributor at the time, Lou Avignone, heard Amos on a local radio talk show and, inspired by Amos&#8217;s story of his early business success with Famous Amos and his spirit, contacted Amos with the idea for starting a new business. In 1994, the two became partners and subsequently launched Uncle Noname Gourmet Muffins. The company focused on fat-free, nutritious muffins at that time. Uncle Noname became Uncle Wally&#8217;s Muffin Company in 1999. The muffins are sold in more than 3,500 stores nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, an article in Fortune magazine lauded &#8220;The cookie comeback of &#8216;Famous&#8217; Wally Amos&#8221; as Amos brought back his handmade cookies under a new name The Cookie Kahuna. These cookies were marketed in a store in Hawaii, where Amos was based. They come in the flavors original chocolate chip, chocolate chip with pecans and butterscotch with macadamia nuts.<\/p>\n<p>Amos was married four times, most recently to Carol Williams. He had four children: Michael Amos, Gregory Amos, Sarah Amos, and musician Shawn Amos. Amos lived in Hawaii from 1977 until 2018. He also lived in Columbia, South Carolina, where he was working on Aunt Della&#8217;s Cookies until 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Amos died due to complications from dementia at his home in Honolulu on August 13, 2024, at the age of 88.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wallace &#8220;Wally&#8221; Amos Jr., the founder of Famous Amos cookies, has died. He was 88. He died &#8220;peacefully&#8221; at home following a battle with dementia, his family said Wednesday. Amos, a native of Tallahassee, Florida, opened the first Famous Amos cookie shop in Hollywood, California on the famed Sunset Blvd. in 1975. 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