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.

I spent the first 18 years of my life in Honolulu. When I tell people that I grew up there, they often ask me what life was like there or what they should do when they visit. However, Hawaii is ...

He had been stationed in Hawaii with the Air Force, and Famous Amos gave him the means to later make it his home. Sarah Amos, who was born in Hawaii ... and to work with people on the mainland ...