US Edition'The Cosby Show' Star Malcolm-Jamal Warner Dies at 54
COSTA RICA, JUL 22 – Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned after being caught in a rip current while swimming during a family vacation, with officials confirming accidental asphyxia as the cause of death.
- On Sunday, July 20, Malcolm-Jamal Warner died at age 54 during a family vacation, Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency confirmed he drowned at Playa Grande in Cocles.
- Beyond television fame, Malcolm-Jamal Warner starred as Theo Huxtable for eight seasons, earned a 1986 Emmy nomination, won a 2015 Grammy, and launched the `Not All Hood` podcast.
- Bystanders pulled him ashore, but responders found him lifeless and took him to the morgue, spokesperson for the Costa Rican Red Cross said.
- Across social media, Tracee Ellis Ross said he `made the world a brighter place`; Jamie Foxx called him `speechless` and added `Rest in power, my brother`.
- Looking beyond condolences, Warner’s portrayal of Theo helped shape the image of a modern Black family on screen, despite the show's complicated legacy due to Bill Cosby's allegations and overturned conviction, and he is survived by his wife and daughter.
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In the final episode of The Cosby Show, Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable is beaming with pride—his only son is graduating college. Over the course of the show’s eight year run, this moment was not always taken as a given; the son, Theo Huxtable, was for years presented as a chronic underachiever, more interested in the typical trappings of teenage boyhood—friends, parties, girls, motorcycles. He was never any real trouble, not aggressive, or violent, or …
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