Bill Cosby Pays Tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner After ‘Cosby Show’ Star’s Death

Bill Cosby has shared emotional words about his on-screen son, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who died Sunday (July 20) after drowning while on vacation in Costa Rica with his family. Warner was 54.

Speaking with ABC News, Cosby said of Warner, “He was always a great studier, and I enjoyed working with him very much.”

Warner played Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, a role loosely based on Cosby’s own son, Ennis, who was fatally shot in a failed robbery attempt in 1997. While the popular sitcom ended in 1992, Cosby revealed he and Warner remained in touch.