Malcolm-Jamal Warner dead at 54

Malcolm-Jamal Warner best known for starring as Theo Huxtable across eight seasons of The Cosby Show has died He was The television actor drowned while swimming during a family vacation in Costa Rica per multiple reports He is survived by his wife and daughter Warner continued to work in television after The Cosby Show ended starring on the sitcoms Malcom and Eddie for four seasons and Reed Between The Lines for two However he s best remembered as the eldest son of Bill Cosby s Dr Cliff Huxtable Warner had been open about his complicated feelings about the series after Cosby was accused of sexual misconduct by over women Cosby was convicted of sexual assault in Pennsylvania in though the state Supreme Court eventually overturned those charges Warner did not hide the fact that he was upset about the stain placed on his life s work but admitted he ascertained it challenging to reconcile the claims against Cosby with the man who acted as his mentor The Bill Cosby I know has been great to me and great for a lot of people Warner stated in a interview with Billboard What he s done for comedy and television has been legendary and history-making What he s done for the Black society and training has been invaluable That s the Bill Cosby I know In a separate interview with People Warner announced that the impact of The Cosby Show can t be wiped away by the actions of Cosby and that he s still proud of the work he did on the sitcom Regardless of how particular people may feel about the show now I m still proud of the legacy and having been a part of such an iconic show that had such a profound impact on first and foremost Black beliefs but also American beliefs Warner declared Read more about this topic Why bringing Bill Cosby to justice took so long I disclosed all of this in and nobody cared Cosby Show star Geoffrey Owens responds to being shamed for working at Trader Joes How not to talk about Bill Cosby This week s edition The post Malcolm-Jamal Warner dead at appeared first on Salon com