Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who rose to fame as a teenager playing Theo Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show' in the mid-1980s, died in Costa Rica on July 20, 2025. He was 54. Photo: Sara D. Davis/The New York Times
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who rose to fame as a teenager playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show in the mid-1980s, died in Costa Rica on Sunday. He was 54.
Warner apparently drowned while swimming at a beach on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica near Limón, according to the country’s Judicial Investigation Department. The authorities said in a statement that Warner had apparently been swept away by a strong current, and that bystanders had tried to rescue him. The area is popular with surfers.
