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Wally Amos Research Paper

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Wallace "Wally" Amos was born in Tallahassee, Florida July 1, 1936. In 1948 he moved to New York City to live with his Aunt where they often baked cookies together. Wally Amos is an Air Force veteran who worked as a talent agent with the William Morris Agency, would send his home-baked chocolate chip cookies to celebrities to entice them to meet and perhaps sign a deal with his agency. On March 10, 1975, Amos took the advice of some friends, and with $25,000 from singers Marvin Gaye and Helen Reddy, he opened a cookie store at 7181 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood in Los Angeles, California and naming it as "Famous Amos". The store proved so popular that the "Famous Amos" brand eventually branched out to sell cookies in supermarkets. In 1985,

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