Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies in drowning accident while on family vacation

Los Angels: Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who gained fame by playing the role of Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died at the age of 54.

He died in a drowning accident in Costa Rica, where he was on holiday with his family, a source close to the actor told CNN.

Warner was pulled deeper by a strong current while swimming at Playa Grande near the town of Cahuita in the province of Limón on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica around 2:30 pm local time on Sunday, as per the syndicated news story of Associated Press.

Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Police told CNN yesterday that people who were on the beach tried to help Warner, but he was declared dead by the Red Cross.

A native of New Jersey, Warner started acting at age of nine, making appearances in shows like “Fame.” He was a young teen when he was cast as the only son of Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad’s characters, Heathcliff and Claire Huxtable, in “The Cosby Show,” which ran from 1984 to 1992.