Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show' actor, dies at 54 after drowning in Costa Rica
A law enforcement source confirmed to Reuters that Warner died by drowning while on holiday in Costa Rica.
According to the country's judicial investigation department (OIJ), a US citizen named Warner was pulled out to sea by a rip current. 'He was declared dead at the scene by Red Cross lifeguards,' the department said.
Warner was in Costa Rica with his family, media reported. His representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment, according to Reuters.
'The Cosby Show,' which aired from 1984 to 1992, featured Warner as the only son of Cliff Huxtable, a doctor played by Bill Cosby. The show followed the lives of a Black middle-class family in New York.
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