Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s TV father is addressing his tragic death.
Hours after it was reported that the actor died at 54 by fatally drowning in Costa Rica while on vacation with his family, Bill Cosby’s rep, Andrew Wyatt, shared how the comedian took the news.
Wyatt told The Post that Cosby “spoke to Phylicia Rashad earlier today and they reminisced about Malcolm.”
Cosby starred as Cliff Huxtable, the dad of Warner’s character Theodore “Theo” Huxtable in “The Cosby Show” for 8 seasons, from 1984 to 1992. Rashad, 77, played Clair Huxtable, Theo’s mom.
According to Wyatt, Cosby shared that his childhood friend recently passed away, noting that hearing of Warner’s death added to his pain.
The actor, who just celebrated his 88th birthday, feels like “everybody’s leaving,” Wyatt told The Post.
The star’s spokesperson also shared that Cosby told him, “While I was their TV dad, I never stopped being a father to them.”
The actor also compared Warner’s passing to losing his own son, Ennis Cosby, who was murdered in 1997.
Hearing the news “reminded him of the same call he received when his son died,” Wyatt added.
He also shared a heartwarming story of a full-circle moment with Warner.
“He started with the Cosby show, he was a teenager,” Wyatt explained to The Post, adding that Cosby gave Warner his upright bass named after his only son in 2016, more than two decades after “The Cosby Show” ended.
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