> Fans mourn drowning death of 'The Cosby Show's' Theo actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Fans mourn drowning death of 'The Cosby Show's' Theo actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner
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For Black youth and teens growing up in the mid-1980s, “The Cosby Show” offered something rarely seen on television up until that time — a sitcom that placed characters who looked like them in a positive light.
And Malcolm-Jamal Warner's “Theo Huxtable” was the character Generation X most related to. Fans took quickly to social media on Monday as news of Warner's accidental drowning in Costa Rica spread.
MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/malcolm-jamal-warner-death-gen-x/507-1045d4c4-c62a-4b89-871c-344ad1d0e6ef