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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, former 'Cosby Show' star, dead at 54
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0:43Now PlayingMalcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor perhaps best known for starring in the TV sitcom "The Cosby Show" as son Theodore "Theo" Huxtable, has died at 54.
Warner drowned off the coast of Costa Rica on Sunday, Costa Rican National Police told ABC News. Warner’s official cause of death was asphyxia, police said.
Authorities said he was caught by a high current in the water and was discovered Sunday afternoon. Warner was formally identified by Costa Rica’s national police.
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