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Joseph Wambaugh, the former LAPD officer who brought realism to the "Police Story" TV series and books like "The Onion Field," died Friday.

The writer, who died Feb. 28, graduated from Chaffey High and Chaffey College. A military stint in between made him take ...

After the book was published, Wambaugh returned to fiction with the wildly funny, although sometimes tragic look at a group of Los Angeles police officers he called “The Choirboys.” Like his first two ...

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Wambaugh’s work in novels such as “The New Centurions,” “The Blue Knight” “The Choirboys” and best seller “The Onion Field” rendered the flat, idealized portrait of the Los ...

His bestselling novels included “The New Centurions,” “The Glitter Dome,” “The Choirboys” and “Black Marble.” The best known of his nonfiction works was “The Onion Field,” a ...

First, a quick summary. Wambaugh wrote bestsellers such as “The New Centurions,” “The Choirboys” and “The Onion Field” and co-created the 1970s TV dramas “Police Story” and “The ...

Other novels followed The Choirboys (1975), The Black Marble (1978), The Glitter Dome (1981), The Delta Star (1983), The Secrets of Harry Bright (1985), The Golden Orange (1990), Fugitive Nights ...

After the book was published, Wambaugh returned to fiction with the wildly funny, although sometimes tragic, look at a group of Los Angeles police officers he called “The Choirboys.” ...

After the book was published, Wambaugh returned to fiction with the wildly funny, although sometimes tragic look at a group of Los Angeles police officers he called “The Choirboys.” ...