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The Cosby Show creator Bill Cosby reacted to the shocking news of Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death at 54 from an accidental drowning.
Warner drowned in Costa Rica during a family vacation on Sunday (July 20), after he was caught in a high tide. His official cause of death has been listed as asphyxiation.
Warner rose to fame playing Theo Huxtable on NBC’s The Cosby Show, a role that made him a household name in the 1980s and earned him an Emmy nomination at just 16.
“He’s devastated and it’s a sad day,” Bill Cosby spokesperson Andrew Wyatt said in a statement.
Wyatt said the impact of Warner’s death on Bill Cosby was similar to when he got the news that his own son, Ennis Cosby Cosby, was killed in a failed robbery attempt.