Invoice Cosby shared heartfelt recollections of his on-screen son, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who died Sunday after drowning in Costa Rica at age 54.
Warner, greatest recognized for his position as Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Present,” was caught in a powerful present whereas swimming throughout a household trip on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. Regardless of rescue makes an attempt by beachgoers, first responders had been unable to avoid wasting him.
In an unique interview with ABC Information, Cosby remembered Warner, who performed his son for eight seasons on their hit present, as an final skilled.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner attends SCAD aTVfest 2020 – In Dialog With Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Feb. 29, 2020, in Atlanta.
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“He was all the time a fantastic studier, and I loved working with him very a lot,” Cosby stated.
The position of Theo was loosely primarily based on Cosby’s personal son, Ennis, who handed away in 1997. Cosby revealed that he and Warner maintained a detailed relationship lengthy after the present ended.
“Malcolm calls right here commonly,” Cosby stated, describing their relationship as one the place he acted as a mentor, just like his personal grandfather.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theodore ‘Theo’ Huxtable, Invoice Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff ‘Cliff’ Huxtable.
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“He was very skilled,” Cosby recalled. “He all the time knew his half… He all the time knew his strains, and he all the time knew the place to go.”
Warner’s profession flourished past his position as Theo Huxtable. He appeared in quite a few TV reveals, together with “Sons of Anarchy” and “The Resident” and even gained a Grammy for Finest Conventional R&B Efficiency in 2015.
His most up-to-date work included a podcast exploring Black experiences and identities in America.
Tributes poured in from leisure business colleagues, together with actress Tracee Ellis Ross , who stated Warner “made the world a brighter place” and Jamie Foxx, who wrote he was “speechless,” including “Relaxation in energy, my brother.”
Invoice Cosby has been accused by a number of girls of sexual assault and sexual harassment. He served three years in jail after he was convicted of sexual assault in 2018 — however that conviction was overturned in attraction. He has maintained his innocence.
