Here's a link directly to the report from Nehanda Radio.

https://nehandaradio.com/2026/04/16/former-us-ambassador-to-zimbabwe-bruce-wharton-dies-after-decades-of-diplomatic-service/

Mike


On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 8:03 AM Maria Black <[email protected]> wrote:

> No! He was among the very best of men!
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Apr 17, 2026, at 7:08 AM, 'TERRY GALLOWAY' via Shakespeare at Winedale
> Email List <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> He was a lovely, kind sweetheart of a man. And David, thank you for that
> photo you took of Bruce and me rehearsing the play shall not be named. I
> always loved the way he was handsome.
> Terry
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> On Apr 17, 2026, at 2:37 AM, David Sharpe <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> 
> I'll never be able to think of the role of Benedick in 'Much Ado About
> Nothing' without thinking of Bruce Wharton and hearing his voice. He did an
> exemplary and sterling job of embodying the role.
>
> David Sharpe.
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM Michael Godwin <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> According to reports I'm getting from Zimbabwean friends, former U.S.
>> Ambassador David Bruce Wharton has died. I don't have much more news than
>> that. I expect there will be obituaries in the national press tomorrow.
>>
>> For those who may not know him, Bruce Wharton (we knew him as Zimbabweans
>> knew him, as "Bruce") attended Shakespeare-at-Winedale in 1978 and 1979.
>>
>> Even those of us who do know him may not know that he was beloved by
>> Zimbabweans.
>>
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