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A Brief Biography Of Wallace Amos Jr.
Wallace Amos Jr, was born on July 1, 1936, in Tallahassee, Florida. Wally Amos worked at William Morris Agency in New York City , he became the agency’s first African American talent agent. Amos always sent his clients a box of his gourmet homemade chocolate cookies. He represented superstars such as Diana Ross & The Supremes,Marvin Gaye, Dionne Warwick, Patti Labelle, Abbey Lincoln, and Simon & Garfunkel amongst many other celebrities. In 1975, Amos associate mentioned to Amos that he should open a store to sell his gourmet chocolate chip cookies and in March of that year he opened his very first store in California. He had the help with a $25,000 loan from two trusted friends and celebrities Helen Reddy and Marvin Gaye. The new company
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