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A major investigation is underway in Costa Rica after actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner's accidental drowning death. TMZ's Michael Babcock joins Good Day to share details. Plus, more tragic news for the royal family and Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Two other people were caught in the same rip current that killed Warner. One remained in critical condition on Tuesday.
Costa Rican first responders also treated a second person at the scene where Malcolm-Jamal Warner was declared dead on Sunday, July 20, the Costa Rican Red Cross tells PEOPLE.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner was beloved to television audiences for decades, starting as a teen on The Cosby Show, where he played Bill Cosby's only son, Theo Huxtable. Thus, his death has hit a lot of people hard.
A representative for Bill Cosby shared that the actor was devastated upon receiving the call about Warner’s passing. The news reportedly brought back painful memories of losing his own son, Ennis Cosby, who was murdered in a robbery attempt in 1997.
The actor, born in New Jersey, became a household name playing the only son of Bill Cosby's Dr Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable in the iconic sitcom, which aired from 1984 to 1992 and was hailed groundbreaking as it blasted away racial stereotypes by spotlighted an upper-class African American family Sources shared news of Warner's death on Monday (21.