Malcolm-Jamal Warner Michael Buckner/Deadline/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Malcolm-Jamal Warner is gone, but he was not forgotten at the 2025 Emmy Awards. Warner, best known for playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, died in July in a drowning accident off the coast of Costa Rica. Warner, who got caught in a strong ocean current near Cocles, a beach in Limon, died of asphyxia.