Bill Cosby praised his late ‘TV son’ Malcolm-Jamal Warner for his talent and work ethic in the wake of news The Cosby Show alum had fatally drowned at 54 in an accidental incident in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Cosby spoke Monday with Jericka Duncan of CBS News, who asked him what he wanted the people to remember about the late actor, who portrayed the role of Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show.
Cosby praised Warner’s dogged efforts during his 197-episode stretch of The Cosby Show, which aired from 1984 until 1992.
‘He was never afraid to go to his room and study – he knew his lines and then he was quite comfortable, even with the growing pains of being a teenager,’ Cosby said of his late costar.
Cosby opened up on the emotional discussion the two had about three months back, which would mark the final time they spoke.
‘We talked about was very proud of,’ Cosby said. ‘He had a concert in Minnesota with the symphony and there was something he had written, but
Bill Cosby praised his late ‘TV son’ Malcolm-Jamal Warner for his talent and work ethic in the wake of news The Cosby Show alum had fatally drowned at 54 in an accidental incident in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Warner ‘was so much more’ to Cosby than just a costar, a rep explained
‘He was very proud of what he had done and what he had said – and it was it was about living in America.’
Cosby’s lawyer told Daily Mail in a statement that the death of Warner marked another tragedy in the life of the comedy veteran.
‘You always hear older people say, “Parents are not supposed to bury their children,”‘ said Cosby’s attorney. ‘Mr. Cosby lost his son, Innis, to gun violence, and his daughter, Ensa, died two weeks before our 2018 trial.
‘And now he’s lost the man who played a character that was modeled after his own son, Innis, at 54 years of age. That is a lot.’
The attorney said that Warner ‘was so much more’ to Cosby, described as a parent whose had to continually bury his children.’
