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'The Cosby Show' actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner's cause of death released by police
Malcolm-Jamal Warner's cause of death has been released by police. The actor, who is best known for his role as Theo Huxtable in the hit TV sitcom "The Cosby Show," died on Sunday off the coast of Costa Rica after a drowning, Costa Rican National Police told ABC News. He was 54. Police told ABC News on Tuesday that an autopsy on Warner has been completed. The Forensic Pathology Department said that the autopsy confirmed that Warner's death, which was described as asphyxiation by submersion, was accidental. Malcolm-Jamal Warner, former 'Cosby Show' star, dead at 54 Warner's body arrived in San Joaquin de Flores on Monday at 4:30 p.m. local time. An autopsy was performed and completed on Tuesday. Police told ABC News that Warner died near Cocles, a beach in Limon, Costa Rica, after getting caught by a rip current Sunday afternoon, police said. Bystanders rescued him and took him to shore, where he received treatment before being declared dead by the Costa Rican Red Cross, police said. Warner was formally identified by Costa Rica's national police, which described him as a tourist. Malcolm-Jamal Warner wanted to be remembered for his 'post-Cosby life' Along with "The Cosby Show," Warner was known for his many roles across television. He starred in "Malcolm & Eddie," "Reed Between the Lines," "Suits," "The Resident" and more. Following the news of his death, many across Hollywood paid tribute to Warner, including Tracee Ellis Ross, Angela Bassett, Niecy Nash and Danny Tamberelli.
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21-07-2025
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Cosby Show actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies aged 54 in Costa Rica drowning
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died aged 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said. Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department said that Warner drowned on Sunday afternoon on a beach on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. Advertisement Malcolm-Jamal Warner died in an accidental drowning (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) He was swimming at Playa Cocles in Limon province when a current pulled him deeper into the ocean. 'He was rescued by people on the beach,' the department's initial report said, but first responders from Costa Rica's Red Cross found him without vital signs, and he was taken to the morgue. Warner created many TV moments etched in the memories of Generation X children and their parents, including a pilot episode argument with Bill Cosby's Cliff Huxtable about money and an ear piercing that he tries to hide from his dad. Malcolm-Jamal Warner was pulled from the water by bystanders, but first responders were unable to find vital signs (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Theo was the only son among four daughters in the household of Cliff and Phylicia Rashad's Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom, and he would be one of the prime representations of American teenage boyhood on a show that was the most popular in America for much of its run from 1984 to 1992. Advertisement He played the role for eight seasons in all 197 episodes, winning an Emmy nomination for supporting actor in a comedy in 1986. For many, the lasting image of the character, and of Warner, is of him wearing a badly botched mock designer shirt sewn by his sister Denise, played by Lisa Bonet.
