Beyoncé has featured a dedication to Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the “The Cosby Present” actor who died on Sunday in Costa Rica, on her private web site.
On Tuesday, the homepage of Beyonce.com featured a black and white childhood picture of Warner, accompanied by a brief caption devoted to his passing.
“Relaxation in energy, Malcolm-Jamal Warner,” the web site reads. “Thanks for being a giant a part of our shared tv historical past. You’ll be missed.”
Warner, 54, drowned on Sunday after he was swept out to sea in Costa Rica, in line with native authorities.
A supply near Warner mentioned he was on trip together with his spouse and younger daughter and that the incident seems to have been unintentional. As of Monday evening, Warner’s spouse is trying to retrieve his physique to the USA for a funeral, the supply mentioned.
Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Division mentioned in a Monday assertion that Warner was swimming at Playa Cocles in Limón province earlier than being dragged out deeper by a present. Bystanders on the scene pulled Warner out from the water, however first responders from Costa Rica’s Crimson Cross discovered him unresponsive.
The Costa Rican Crimson Cross mentioned in an announcement {that a} second man was transported to an area hospital in vital situation from the “water incident.”
Warner starred in NBC’s “The Cosby Present,” which performed a major position in difficult stereotypes and growing media visibility for Black People. He performed the position of Theo Huxtable, Cosby’s son, from 1984 to 1992.
He then went on to star in a number of well-liked tv sequence of the late Nineties and early 2000s centered on Black characters, together with “Malcolm & Eddie,” “The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air,” “Keenan & Kel” and “All That.”
Along with Beyoncé, information of Warner’s demise prompted an outpouring of grief from Hollywood and different outstanding Black celebrities, together with Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
Tracee Ellis Ross posted a picture of her and Warner on Instagram on Monday. The pair starred within the BET sitcom “Reed Between the Traces” from 2011 to 2015.
“My coronary heart is so so unhappy. What an actor and good friend you had been: heat, mild, current, type, considerate, deep, humorous, elegant,” she wrote. “You made the world a brighter place.”
Holly Robinson Peete, whose father wrote and produced “The Cosby Present,” additionally posted a picture of her with Warner on Instagram on Monday.
“He was all the time gracious, type, humorous and gave the very best hugs,” she wrote. “Even in the event you by no means met him — you’re feeling such as you knew him. That’s how universally liked he was.”
Geoffrey Owens, who performed Elvin Tibideaux on “The Cosby Present,” mentioned in an announcement that he was “speechless” over Warner’s demise.
“Malcolm was a stunning man; a candy and delicate soul. I revered him for a lot of causes, together with the truth that he genuinely liked the act of creation,” he mentioned. “He had the thoughts of an actor and the guts of a musician.”
Beyoncé has beforehand devoted her web site to high-profile deaths of Black People.
In 2023, she honored a 28-year-old homosexual man, O’Shae Sibley, who was dancing to her music simply earlier than being stabbed to demise in Brooklyn, New York.
