Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who performed The Cosby Present character Theo, has drowned in Costa Rica, in line with authorities.
The Judicial Investigation Division in Costa Rica stated the 54-year-old actor drowned on Sunday afternoon off a seashore on the nation’s Caribbean coast.
It’s understood he was swimming at Playa Grande de Cocles in Limon province when he was pulled underwater by a present.
“He was rescued by people on the beach,” in line with the division’s early report, however emergency employees from Costa Rica’s Crimson Cross discovered him with none indicators of life and he was taken to the morgue.
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner round 1986. Credit score: AP/Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch /IPX
The Cosby Present aired from 1984 to 1992 on NBC within the US and is considered a groundbreaking present for its portrayal of a profitable black middle-class household. It was additionally proven on British tv’s Channel 4 across the identical time.
Its star, Invoice Cosby, performed a health care provider named Cliff Huxtable, with Warner within the function of Theo, his solely son on the NBC sitcom.
The sitcom was the most well-liked present in America for a lot of its run between 1984 and 1992.
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Warner, again centre, with the remainder of the solid of The Cosby Present. Pic: Getty
Warner performed the function for eight seasons in all 197 episodes, profitable an Emmy nomination for supporting actor in a comedy in 1986.
For a lot of, the lasting picture of the character, and of Warner, is of him sporting a badly-botched mock designer shirt sewn by his sister Denise, performed by Lisa Bonet.
Warner ‘proud’ of present regardless of Cosby claims
The legacy of The Cosby Present has been tarnished after Invoice Cosby was jailed in 2018 following a conviction for sexual assault.
He was launched in 2021 after his conviction was overturned.
Nevertheless, a 12 months later he was discovered chargeable for sexually assaulting a girl on the Playboy Mansion in 1975 when she was an adolescent.
In 2023, Warner advised Folks in an interview: “I know I can speak for all the cast when I say The Cosby Show is something that we are all still very proud of.”
He added: “Regardless of how some people may feel about the show now, I’m still proud of the legacy and having been a part of such an iconic show that had such a profound impact on – first and foremost, Black culture – but also American culture.”
