Malcolm-Jamal Warner, known for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, died in a drowning accident in Costa Rica at age 54. Fans expressed profound sorrow on social media, feeling a personal loss. Warner successfully transitioned from childhood stardom to a respected acting and directing career, with credits in several acclaimed series and projects such as American Crime Story and his own podcast, Not All Hood. He is remembered as a gifted artist who avoided common pitfalls of child actors, leaving behind a wife and daughter.
Warner, who is survived by a wife and daughter, also played Al Cowlings in the Emmy-winning crime series American Crime Story production The People v. O.J Simpson in 2016.
Fans rushed to various social media platforms to express their shock and grief, feeling as if they had lost a member of their family.
Warner had appeared to avoid the self-destructive behavior that falls on a lot of actors who begin their Hollywood careers as children or teenagers.
Across social media, people praised Warner as a gifted actor and a fine young man, gone too soon.
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