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LOS ANGELES<\/strong> – US actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played the son in the smash-hit sitcom “The Cosby Show,”<\/a> has drowned in Costa Rica, authorities in the country said on Monday. He was 54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warner played the loveable Theo Huxtable for all eight seasons of the show, helmed by disgraced comic actor Bill Cosby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We received a report of an adult male who died of drowning asphyxiation at Cocles Beach in Cahuita” on Sunday afternoon, said a statement from investigating police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When the victim entered the sea he was apparently pulled out by a current. The man was assisted by bystanders on the beach, but was pronounced dead by Red Cross lifeguards.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local authorities identified him as the actor, and said his body had been transferred to a morgue for further analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warner, who was nominated for an Emmy for his work on “The Cosby Show,” also appeared in sitcoms “Malcolm & Eddie” and “Reed Between the Lines.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner (right) who played the loveable Theo Huxtable in The Cosby Show, has did at th age of 54.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“The Cosby Show,” which ran from 1984 to 1992, was one of the biggest TV hits of its time, detailing the lives of a middle-class Black family in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show was inspired by the stand-up routines of Bill Cosby, who played the family’s patriarch, a successful doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show was a commercial and critical hit, and was seen as groundbreaking for its depiction of a loving, happy Black family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But its legacy has been overshadowed in recent years by dozens of complaints of sexual assault against Cosby, a man once known as “America’s Dad.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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