More details have emerged about the tragic passing of Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Source: Jesse Grant / Getty According to the Caribbean Guard, Costa Rica's volunteer lifeguard association, Playa Grande lifeguards were "not present" on the beach at the time of Warner's death. "We deeply regret the passing of Malcolm-Jamal Warner at Playa Grande. He was swept away by a strong rip current and died by drowning," the Caribbean Guard said in a Monday, July 21, statement via Facebook.