William Duane Bonds (February 23, 1932 – December 13, 2014)[1] was an American television news anchor and reporter, best known for his work at WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan.

Bonds was transferred by ABC to become anchorman at KABC-TV in Los Angeles in 1968 to help launch its version of Eyewitness News.

(A famous incident came in 1991 when Utah Senator Orrin Hatch stormed off set during an especially heated line of questioning by Bonds.

)[4] In 1991, Bonds participated in the nationally televised town hall meeting for Democratic presidential candidates Bill Clinton, Jerry Brown and Paul Tsongas.

He 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.