1. William Duane Bonds was an American television news anchor and reporter, best known for his work at WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan.
14 Facts About Bill Bonds
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Bill Bonds became an Action News anchorman beginning in the early 1970s.
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Bill Bonds served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1955 before graduating from the University of Detroit with a B A in political science and English in 1959.
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Bill Bonds began his career in 1959, working in radio in Albion, Michigan.
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Bill Bonds later served as a reporter for WKNR-AM, WCAR, WPON and WQTE.
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Bill Bonds joined WXYZ in 1964 as a part-time booth announcer.
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Bill Bonds worked his way up to the anchor desk with Barney Morris.
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Bill Bonds was transferred by ABC to become anchorman at KABC-TV in Los Angeles in 1968 to help launch its version of Eyewitness News.
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Bill Bonds returned to WXYZ-TV in 1971 just as the station was beginning a major upgrade of its news department under the Action News banner.
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Apart from his stint in Los Angeles, Bill Bonds anchored at WABC-TV in New York from 1975 to 1976 after which he returned to Detroit.
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Bill Bonds occasionally filled in as anchor of ABC's weekend newscasts.
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Bill Bonds joined rival WJBK-TV as host of an 11 pm talk show Bill Bonds Tonight on WJBK-TV and anchored newscasts.
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Bill Bonds returned to WXYZ for several months in 1999 to read editorials, but left to lend his voice to radio and TV commercials, including the Detroit furniture company Gardner-White.
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Bill Bonds died at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on December 13,2014, at age 82, from a heart attack.