Malcolm-Jamal Warner was swimming together with his 8-year-old daughter when he drowned, cops say

The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner was reportedly swimming together with his eight-year-old daughter when he drowned, Costa Rican authorities have mentioned.

Warner, finest recognized for his function as Theo Huxtable on the Eighties sitcom, was vacationing together with his household in Cahuita, Limón, over the weekend, when he died after being “dragged” by a water present at a close-by seaside.

At the time of the deadly incident, Warner was within the water together with his younger daughter when surfers observed the pair struggling, police instructed ABC News. The surfers dove in to assist them, with one utilizing his surfboard to convey Warner’s daughter to security.

A volunteer lifeguard assisted in bringing Warner and one other surfer to shore, authorities mentioned. On the seaside, Warner was attended to by first responders, who rendered him CPR earlier than he was declared lifeless, the Costa Rican Red Cross confirmed to The Independent.

“The scene was subsequently handed over to the police authorities for the appropriate legal procedures,” the group mentioned in a press release.

It’s unclear if the second surfer pulled out of the water was the unnamed male who was rushed to an area Limón clinic in essential situation, after additionally being caught within the harmful water present that led to Warner’s demise.

On Sunday at round 2:10 p.m., the Costa Rican Red Cross acquired a report a couple of “water-related” incident involving two males on the Playa Grande resort in Cahuita, Limón, the group mentioned in a press release shared with The Independent.

In an earlier assertion shared Monday, per People, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) confirmed that Warner “appears to have entered the sea and was apparently swept away by a current.”

Bystanders “rescued” Warner from the water and introduced him to shore. “However, he was declared lifeless at the scene,” the OIJ assertion mentioned.

The actor’s official reason for demise was asphyxia by submersion and dominated an accident, police confirmed, per ABC News.

While finest recognized for his work on The Cosby Show, Warner had extra not too long ago appeared in Sons of Anarchy, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and The Resident.

His tragic demise has been mourned by followers, co-stars, and colleagues alike.

Warner’s well-known ex, Regina King, whom he dated from 2011 to 2013, posted a tribute to her Instagram Story on Monday.

“Some people leave a lasting imprint, not just for who they were but for the energy they carried. I’m sending prayers filled with love and understanding to your family and loved ones,” she wrote. “Rest easy Malcolm-Jamal Warner.”

His Malcom & Eddie co-star Eddie Griffin remembered him as “my big little brother.”

“My Heart is heavy today… For what the world lost was a Father a Son a Poet a Musician a Actor a Teacher a Writer a Director a Friend a Warrior that I had the pleasure of going to war with against the Hollywood machine and sometimes with each other because that’s what Brothers do but the Love was and is always there,” Griffin wrote on Instagram. “You’ve taught me so much and I thank you.”

Geoffrey Owens, who co-starred with Warner on The Cosby Show, moreover mirrored on the actor’s sudden demise in a press release made to Us Weekly. “This tragedy has almost left me speechless,” he mentioned.

“Malcolm was a lovely man, a sweet and sensitive soul. I respected him for many reasons, including the fact that he genuinely loved the act of creation. He had the mind of an actor and the heart of a musician.

“He was generous too,” Owens added. “I did a theater project long ago and asked him to participate, and he was there for me. My heart goes out to his family.”