I recieved a call yesterday afternoon from Steven in Kuala Lumpur to break the news that Bruce Cramond had passed away. I have copied Steven’s follow up email below, which everyone agrees exactly captures the Bruce that we all knew and liked so much.
We shall miss him.
It is with great sadness to have to tell you that our friend and colleague Bruce Cramond has passed away on Friday 23 March 2012 at 08:20 AM at University of Malaya Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. He was to be 62 years old next month.
After his initial operation and successful removal of his melanoma from his sinus three years ago and subsequent numerous operations to his palate, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor three weeks ago.
Bruce being Bruce did not want to “bother others with it” and kept it private. He was operated on recently in an attempt to remove it, and, until a few days ago, there was some hope to cure it, however complications arose last Wednesday whereby he was urgently admitted to the hospital. He then went unconscious and never recovered.
Friends shall remember Bruce from his stories; his Antarctica days with the Royal Navy, his Greenpeace days in Amsterdam, his Oceonics days in the late eighties, his startup days of TLGH in the nineties, his life and stories in Jakarta, his endless stories of New Zealand rugby games, from the “Chiefs” to the “All Blacks”, wild pub crawls in the most exotic places around Asia, his endless tennis games, miles of jogging and fitness training, the beauty of his home town “in the middle of nowhere” in NZ and the bars of Taman Desa, where he was immensely popular.
Colleagues shall remember Bruce for his commitment, honesty, morals, ethics and dedication to his work, his long working hours and “let’s get it done” approach, I like “lifting boxes” he would say and let’s not forget his gift of writing reports, knowledge of survey work and interest in the well-being of fellow colleagues.
Bruce being Bruce would have said: “I’m sorry to leave this way”.
May he rest in peace, we shall miss him.
Steven Kusters
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I can only add that I knew and worked with Bruce over much of the last twenty years. I owe Bruce a great debt of gratitude for all that he did during that time.
May he rest in peace, we shall all miss him greatly.
Maritimo 48 
I have just read about the death of Bruce Cramond in March 2012. I met Bruce in his Greenpeace days for a very short while. He came to work as a barman in a pub i was working to earn some cash. He was waiting for the rainbow warrior to set sail. Bruce was a beautiful person and i was sadened to hear of his death. Even though l last saw him many years ago I never forgot him. Bruce was that sort of person unforgetable. May he rest in peace. Never forgotten.
Angie Byrne
Angela, thank you for sharing your memories of Bruce. He really did touch a lot of us with his spirit and enthusiasm for life in general. Sadly in the last couple of years he had a battle with some health issues, and just as we all thought he had faced those down, another came and took him. He was one of a kind. Rest in peace Bruce. Never forgotten.