Remembering Bill Bonds: Detroit's Most Opinionated Newsman

Chances are if you grew up watching Detroit's news during the 1970s, 80s and on, you know Detroit television news anchor and reporter Bill Bonds. A Detroit-native since birth, the WXYZ Action News anchorman would have turned 90 years old this month. Bonds passed away in his Bloomfield Hills home in 2014. Bonds became widely known for his "Up Front" news segment where he would confront national sources with tough questions. He was the newsman marked in controversy - some people hated him; some people loved him. One Detroit's Bill Kubota and Detroit Public Television Senior Vice President and host Fred Nahhat give a nod to the late reporter who wasn't afraid to be opinionated. The duo remember Bonds' legacy and discuss what he might have said about the state of Detroit and our nation today.
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Detroit Television and WXYZ-TV are just not the same without Bill Bonds. RIP Billy and Godspeed. Say hi to Coleman Young from all of us here.

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He was so intelligent. His daughter's death devastated him. He was not the same after it.

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Billy was a classic! Miss his style.

[@Rob_Kates]

He was one of a kind.

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Bill was a consummate professional that loved his city and us Detroiters loved him for it.

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Bill Bonds & Diana Lewis. Those were the days. My brother said Bill Bonds challenged Coleman Young to a fist fight. Ha Ha Ha. I do remember they used to go at it.