'Cosby Show' actor and Atlanta resident Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies at 54

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner delivers a speech.
Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner delivers an emotional speech, during a rally in Atlanta for a National Day of Solidarity with SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America, East on Tuesday, August 22, 2023. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This story was updated on Monday, July 21 at 3:08 p.m.

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died. He was 54 years old.

Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said Monday that Warner, a New York native and Atlanta resident, drowned Sunday afternoon on a beach on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. He was swimming at Playa Cocles in Limon province when a current pulled him deeper into the ocean.