Henson’s Empire character Loretha “Cookie” Lyon. In a heartfelt post on social media, Daniels paid tribute to his late sister with some touching words and a photo of them together.

Lee Daniels has announced his younger sister Lydia Ruth Daniels-Rooks, who inspired the Empire character Cookie Lyon, has died. Deadline reports that Daniels posted about his sister’s death on ...

HONOLULU — 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.