Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous along with its flagship store on ...

However, Amos said he did not allow the fame to get into him. “Being famous is highly overrated anyway,” Amos told The Associated Press in 2007. Uncle Wally’s Muffin Co. was originally ...

HONOLULU — 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.