Actor and director Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who is known for his role on “The Cosby Show”, has died in a accidental drowning in Costa Rica, said by officials there. He was 54 years old.
The judicial inquiry department of the country said that Warner drowned on a beach at Cocks Day Limon on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. He appeared to be taken out of the sea from a current.
Warner was assisted by the people who were on the beach, but were declared dead by the employees of Costa Rikon Red Cross, the department said.
Warner starred as Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” from 1984 to 1992. Their performance He earned an Amy nomination For outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series in 1986.
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In 2023, Warner told CBS Pittsburgh that being a part of “The Cosby Show” was a “terrible” experience.
He said, “That show had such an impact on culture in America, but there was also a global impact on how black people saw themselves globally and the rest of the world saw us,” he said. “So I am proud to be a part of that heritage and it has been a great ride since then.”
Warner starred in another TV show, which included “Malcolm and Eddie” (1996–2000), “Reid in the Lines” (2011–2015) and “The Resident” (2018-2023). He also voiced the manufacturer on “The Magic School Bus” (1994–1997). He made his feature film debut in “Drop Zone” in 1994.
Warner also directed the episodes of several TV shows including “The Cosby Show,” All that, “All that,” “Kenan and Kel” and “The Fresh Prince of Bell-Ei”. His biography on his website,
Recently, he appeared in some episodes of “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” and was hosting podcasts. “Not all hoods,” Given various experiences of black Americans.
Warner was also a poet and a musician. He Won a grammy For the best traditional R&B performance in 2015, for his share in the cover of Stevy Wonder’s “Jesus Children of America”.
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Warner was a husband and father. Fellow poet and writer Kevin Powell, who was a friend of Warner, described him as a humble, kind and assistant of others.
Powell said in an interview with CBS News on Monday, “You would never know that he was a major child star.” “He was never a person who was in his celebrity. He knew what he was. He knew, you know that he was the son of America. He was truly the son of America as the only male child in that historic show, ‘The Cosby show.”
Powell said that he was killed on social media with emotional reactions from fans. “This is someone with whom you came with age,” he said.
Powell published a poem Warner written in a special issue of the magazine “African Voice” for the 50th anniversary of the hip-hop in 2023.
Warner was a lifelong hip-hop fan, said Powell, but he was “worried about a lot of images that were being kept there.”
“So it has become like his kind in the last few years, such as how we are representing ourselves as a community, as a person, with the art we are making?” He said. “She clings to me because she was someone who understood that she had a very big platform. She had a famous name and people would pay attention if she said some things.
