Bruce WARREN Obituary

We met when I was an 18 year old to work for you in Papanui. What a great boss which turned into a lifetime friendship. You and May came to my wedding and the friendship just kept lasting.We stayed a while with you on the coast a couple of times, that was great. After Ray died our friendship stayed and when you went to O'Connor retirement home you would ring me fortnightly talking about the old days and fun we'd all had.I will miss you so much Brucie and the fantastic friendship we shared for 62 years wherever we all lived.I will miss you so much.Nancy.

The power of radio is only as strong as the personalities on it and you Brucie had the power to silence the Newstalk ZB listeners as we listened and took in your every word.
My one regret is not getting to shake your hand Brucie. R.I.P

I enjoyed Lil Brucie's calles to Talkback when I was awake in the middle of the night. What an interesting man and raconteur. Thank you for sharing your life with us, Brucie. R.I.P. Condolences to his family and friends. Dot :)

I have been listening to you for many many years and you have always been my favourite caller. Loved your stories. You were so knowledgeable. Rest in peace little Brucie.

Brucie will be greatly missed by so many. Condolences to family & friends.

A very special man to many, a wonderful man with a beautiful family. He will be dearly missed ❤

Enjoyed listening to Bruce's many discussions on ZB talkback..
Will be missed.
Condolences to Bruce's family and friends

A real legend, we loved all his stories on Newstalk ZB So sadly missed, RIP Little Brucie/Radar xx

Great story teller. Always a pleasure to listen to. RIP Brucie.

Goodbye Brucie (Radar) like many have said his distinctive voice and stories from his fantastic memory will be missed.

Thanks for the memories Bruce.

Goodbye Uncle Bruce the last surviving member of 13 children. Will miss being able to chat to you from Sydney. Love from your niece Mavis

I feel as tho I knew Bruce even tho I never met him. A master of storytelling. I will miss his humor. Rest in peace

Rest in peace Bruce..going to miss your storys on new talk ZB.I would turn radio on in the wee hours just praying that i had not missed you talking..You had that voice that just stuck with you..& your storys will be missed by many..Time for you to rest up now Bruce.R.I.P.Ron

Rest in peace Bruce, you will be missed on ZB talkback, we all loved hearing from you.

Will miss your wittiness and great stories, loved listening to you on talkback ZB for the last goodness knows how many year's. Will be sadly missed.

A great storyteller and kept us entertained during the morning. Will miss his calls, his stories and his laugh. RIP.

We were so saddened to learn of Little Brucie's death. We will miss visiting him at O'Connor Home when we are in Westport. Brucie had a wealth of knowledge and loved nothing more than sharing it with others. His sense of humour will be greatly missed by us who he leaves behind, but I can hear him up there with the angels. Brucie will be missed by those who heard him in the early hours of the morning, chatting with the Talkback Radio host and by his many friends. We send our deepest sympathy to Brucie's family and regret that we are unable to show our respect in Westport. We are presently in the North Island.

Dear Bruce,you rest in peace now with your dear Wife and Son.You will be missed by all of us who listened to your great stories.Synpathy to all your family.Heather Richards

Brucie will be missed from talkback listeners , I have listened to many of his stories about Christchurch RIP

Bruce's chatty and modulated voice was always something to look forward to during the early hours of talkback on Newstalk ZB. Stories from his grocery shop in Merivale and his amazing memory of days gone by
- both from within the trade and of early Christchurch.
Then from his retirement retreat near the bush and sea at Little Wanganui, ( latterly O'Connor Retirment home) he shared many tales of his adventures there and of course, there was always that next delivery of Bluff oysters due.
Brucie (radar), thanks for the memory and the entertaining yarns. You will be so missed.
May you Rest In Peace

Our Deepest sympathy goes to all his family. We went to see Little Brucie in late September and he was so pleased to see us. He was really good then took us into the lounge to meet all his friends told us heaps of stories. We could have stayed for hours. We are really going to miss him it was worthwhile staying awake every night until he had rung up then we could sleep. Have a lovely photo we took that day with him in his 4 square tee shirt. Carolyn Graham & Anne Miller.

Will miss this man with his fantastic memory of bygone days. Kind wishes to all family, Jenny, talk back listener

A fellow oyster lover and raconteur whose entertaining stories and dulcet tones will be sorely missed in the small morning hours on newstalk zb

We too will miss the stories of life, particularly from the Grocery Trade. What a real gentle man on ZB air. Mike and Gail

So sorry to hear the loss of one of our talkback family. Brucie you were a legend who brought so much happiness to so many people with the stories you shared. I hope you can hear all the tributes people are paying to you on air up there with the angels RIP Radar/Brucie

I told have listen to his wonderful story's on news talk zb for years will miss him xx

What a wonderful man, who will be missed by so many. Deepest sympathies to his immediate family. RIP Radar I will miss hearing your stories on the radio.

will miss his call in voice on ZB