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Joseph Wambaugh, ex-LAPD officer who wrote ‘The Onion Field’ and other bestsellers, dies at 88
The author, who previously lived in Newport Beach, died in Rancho Mirage after having esophageal cancer, a friend said.
The San Bernardino Sun20h
Remembering Joseph Wambaugh, crime writer and Chaffey grad
The writer, who died Feb. 28, graduated from Chaffey High and Chaffey College. A military stint in between made him take ...
Joseph Wambaugh, author who knew gritty reality of cop life, dies at 88
Before the release of Joseph Wambaugh’s first novel, “The New Centurions,” he received an unusual offer from the star of the ...
Variety9d
Joseph Wambaugh, Creator of ‘Police Story’ and ‘Onion Field’ Writer, Dies at 88
Joseph Wambaugh, whose experience as an LAPD officer enabled him to bring a warts-and-all realism to his novels about policing and the movies and TV shows like “Police Story,” died Friday in ...
MyNewsLA on MSN8d
LAPD Officer Turned Novelist Joseph Wambaugh Dies in Rancho Mirage
Former Los Angeles police officer turned best-selling author Joseph Wambaugh, known for books such as “The Onion Field” and “The New Centurions,” has died at the age of 88. Longtime family friend ...
Joseph Wambaugh Dies: ‘The Onion Field’ Writer, ‘Police Story’ Creator Was 88
In 1971, eleven years after joining the LAPD, Wambaugh saw his first novel, The New Centurions, published by Little, Brown ...
Pasadena Star-News9d
Joseph Wambaugh, ex-LAPD officer who wrote ‘The Onion Field’ and other bestsellers, dies at 88
Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping ... author of the bestselling cop novels featuring LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, told The Associated Press in 2007. As popular as Wambaugh’s first two ...