Joseph Wambaugh, LA Cop Who Wrote 'The Onion Field' and Other Bestsellers, Dies at 88
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Joseph Wambaugh, Los Angeles cop who wrote 'The Onion Field' and other bestsellers, dies at 88
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Joseph Wambaugh, Ex-Calif. Police Officer Turned Best-Selling Writer, Dies
Joseph Wambaugh, LA cop who wrote ‘The Onion Field’ and other bestsellers, dies at 88
Bestselling crime novelist Joseph Wambaugh, who mined his own experience as a Los Angeles police officer, has died at 88.
Joseph Wambaugh, Creator of ‘Police Story’ and ‘Onion Field’ Writer, Dies at 88
Joseph Wambaugh, the former LAPD officer who brought realism to the "Police Story" TV series and books like "The Onion Field," died Friday.
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Joseph Wambaugh, ex-LAPD officer who wrote ‘The Onion Field’ and other bestsellers, dies at 88
The son of a police officer, Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. had planned to become a teacher after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Cal State Los Angeles. He said he chose law ...
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 and Co. The story of rookie LAPD cops in the early 1960s became his first bestseller and, the following year, the first movie based on his work. The film adaptation starred George C. Scott and Stacy Keach.