close
close

Tag: dies

Woman dies after being hit by Winnipeg police patrol car in riverfront park

Posted on | Posted on Jasper | Leave a Comment on Woman dies after being hit by Winnipeg police patrol car in riverfront park
Woman dies after being hit by Winnipeg police patrol car in riverfront park

A woman died after being struck by a police car driving through a small riverfront park on River Avenue on Monday evening. Officers were returning a person to a riverfront homeless encampment in Fort Rouge Park when the patrol car struck the woman, a woman in her 30s, police said at a news conference Tuesday. […]

Wally Amos from Hollywood’s famous Amos Cookie Shop died in 1975 at the age of 88

Posted on | Posted on Jasper | Leave a Comment on Wally Amos from Hollywood’s famous Amos Cookie Shop died in 1975 at the age of 88
Wally Amos from Hollywood’s famous Amos Cookie Shop died in 1975 at the age of 88

Cookie entrepreneur Wallace “Wally” Amos Jr., also known as Famous Amos, died of complications from dementia at his home in Honolulu, Oahu, on August 13, 2024. Although most people recognize the name from grocery store shelves, Amos opened his first retail store in Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard in 1975. Amos opened one of the country’s […]