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.
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