The author, who previously lived in Newport Beach, died in Rancho Mirage after having esophageal cancer, a friend said.
Former Los Angeles police officer turned best- selling author Joseph Wambaugh, known for books such as "The Onion Field" and ...
Former Los Angeles police officer turned best- selling author Joseph Wambaugh, known for books such as "The Onion Field" and ...
Jack Webb, who played the by-the-book “Dragnet” detective Joe Friday, promised to help smooth things over with LAPD brass if he liked the book. The manuscript came back laced with hundreds of ...
He wrote 'The Onion Field,' 'The New Centurions' and 'The Blue Knight' and created the realistic anthology series 'Police ...
As popular as Wambaugh’s first two books were, they were eclipsed by his next one, “The Onion Field,” a real-life account of the abduction and killing of a Los Angeles police officer in 1963.