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Wallace Amos, better known as Wally Amos, was born on July 1, 1936 and spent his childhood in Tallahassee, Florida. Later he moved to Manhattan where he joined the Food Trades Vocational High School. Since his young age, he was keenly interested in cooking, especially in improving his aunt's chocolate cookie recipe. After graduation, he took up a clerical job in the William Morris Agency and later became the first African American talent agent serving that agency. His chocolate cookies were an attraction among his friends as also his clients. On one of his friends' suggestion, Wallace Amos opened a cookie store in Los Angeles. The store was called 'Famous Amos' and it soon became popular throughout the United States. In 1994, he founded the 'Uncle Noname Gourmet Muffins Company', which focused on the production of fat-free muffins. The muffins made a huge sale across the nation. Wally Amos, currently a resident of New York, is truly a self-made man.

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