Campbell died Thursday at Tarzana Health and Rehabilitation Center, said his daughter, Gayle Campbell Hughes. He had colon cancer. Campbell was Los Angeles County Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess' public information officer when he was appointed marshal by Nixon in 1969. Campbell's jurisdiction included the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura. He became part of the Watergate scandal in August 1974, because the former president, then living in San Clemente, had to be served two subpoenas related to the case. Campbell's daughter said her father brought with him a photo of Nixon taken at a campaign event at Century Plaza Hotel and asked the former president to autograph it. 'My mom and he talked about it often,' Hughes said. Campbell was born Nov. 4, 1927, in Hollywood. After serving in the Army, he began his law enforcement career in 1948 as a fingerprint analyst with Los Angeles Police Department. He worked for two years as a criminal investigator for the Army during the Korean War, then joined the South Pasadena Police Department in 1952, rising to the rank of detective. He was hired by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in 1958 and was a sergeant in the public affairs department. After leaving the marshal's office in 1974, Campbell retired, his daughter said. His wife, Joyce Marsh Campbell, died in 2004. Besides his daughter, Campbell is also survived by his son, Gaylord E. Campbell. 