(NEXSTAR)-Malcolm-Jamal Warner, known as “The Cosby Show”.
The 54 -year -old died due to drowning, for each TMZWho was the first to report on his death. The source of Warner’s death also confirmed the peopleHe said he was swimming on vacation with his family in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica’s judicial investigation department said on Monday that Warner sank on Sunday afternoon on a beach on the Costaric coast in Costa Rica. He was swimming in Playa Grande De Cocles in Lemon County when the current pulled him deeper into the ocean.
“It was saved by people on the beach,” the initial report of the ministry said, but the first respondents of the Red Cross in Costa Rica and its controversy without vital signs and was transferred to the morgue.
Nexstar communicates with Warner actors and authorities in Costa Rica, but he did not receive a response immediately.
While he had roles before the Theodore Hokstabe played on “The Cosby Show”, it could have been said that he was his most famous role. Warner said the people In 2023, although some people feel about the show in light of the allegations made against his father on the screen, Bill Cosby, he and other members of the actors team are still proud of the show.
Warner told The Outlet: “Regardless of what some people might feel about the show now, I am still proud of the inheritance and I was part of such an iconic show that had a profound impact on black culture first and foremost – but also the American culture,” Warner told The Outlet:
The New Jersey citizen was nominated for the Emmy Award at some point in “The Cosby Show”, in addition to the award of a young artist. He won three from the latter – two of the best young actor supporting in a television series, and one of the best actor/actress in a group of TV comedies or a series of drama or especially alongside his brothers.
After Theo appeared to about 200 episodes in the successful TV series, Warner had roles in films such as “Drop Zone”, “Restaurant” and “Fool’s Gold”, and on many TV programs, including “Malcom & Eddie”, “Reed between the lines”, “Sons of Anarchy”, “Story America Horror, “Key and Pele,” Major Draw, “The Magic School Bus,” as it appeared in nearly 100 episodes of “Resident” in the name of AJ Austin.
In 2015, Warner won the Grammy Award for the best traditional R&B performance for the song “Jesus Children” alongside Lalah Hathaway and Robert Glasper.
Modern credits on the screen in Warner include appearing in the “Alert: Missens Persons” and “9-1-1” episodes. IMDB page offers.
Last summer, Warner started hosting “Not all cap” podcast With Weusi Barka and Candace Kelley. Podcast “gives a provocative look at the various live experiences and identities in America.”
Warner survived his wife and daughter.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.