Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos cookies who later lost the brand, dies at 88

Wally Amos, of Kailua, Hawaii, is shown in his home office on June 12, 2007, in the Lanikai section of Kailua, Hawaii. 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 at age 88, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. — Photo: 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.

Amos created the Famous Amos cookie empire and eventually lost ownership of the company - as well as the rights to use the catchy Amos name. In his later years, he became a proprietor of a cookie shop called Chip & Cookie in Hawaii, where he moved in 1977.