Bruce Earl Ward
Bruce Earl Ward, 68, died on April 1, 2025, while held at Varner SuperMax in Arkansas, where he had been on death row since 1990. The Arkansas Department of Corrections said he died of natural causes, and a department spokesman confirmed the death. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that he had been sick for some time before he died. KATV reported that he was the longest-serving person on Arkansas's death row, and that in 2015 he was among eight people whose execution dates were set before a court stay halted them.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Arkansas Department of Corrections spokesman Rand Champion (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.