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LOS ANGELES - Joseph Wapner, a retired judge who presided over "The People's Court" for more than a decade, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, his grandson told the Washington Post. He was 97.

First, Judge Joseph Wapner died this past Sunday. Then, just one day later, on Monday night, Comedy Central premiered its own version of a TV court show featuring a “judge” who gets high to help him ...

TMZ is reporting that Judge Wapner has passed away. Joseph Albert Wapner's The People's Court was on the air from 1981 until 1993, and was the forerunner of all of the adjudicated reality shows ...

LOS ANGELES — Joseph Wapner, the retired judge who changed television as the judge on “The People’s Court,” has died, TMZ confirmed. Wapner was 97. Wapner became an instant sensation when the show ...