Liz Bonis, longtime Cincinnati reporter, dies after battle with cancer

Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati EnquirerFri, May 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM UTC

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A longtime Cincinnati TV reporter has died after a three-year battle with cancer.

Liz Bonis, a registered dietician and medical reporter with Cincinnati's WKRC Local 12, died at her home on Thursday, April 30, three years after she was diagnosed with colon cancer, the station reported. She started working at Local 12 in 2002.

After being diagnosed with cancer in April 2023, Bonis underwent five surgeries and six clinical trials for experimental oncology drugs. Even in her last days, Bonis was at her desk and reported on new medical technology and cancer treatments, the station said.

"Even at the end of her life, she told no one about her fight. Instead, she reported vigorously on new medical technology and cancer treatments even as her options dwindled," the station wrote while announcing Bonis' death. "She chose instead to assist researchers and patients looking for solutions to others’ health challenges rather than focus on her own."

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The jounalist "died like she lived, always determined to do the best she could on that day," Local 12 added.

Preceding her in death are James Harrison – her close colleague of 20 years and photojournalist at Local 12, who died in February – as well as her mother, Esther J. Bonis, father, Col. Austin J. Bonis and brother Peter, according to the station.

Bonis' family requested privacy as arrangements for her and her mother's burial in Washington, D.C. are finished. Details on her memorial service are forthcoming.

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