Officials initially claimed that the actor’s 8-year-old daughter was in the ocean with him moments before he drowned.

Before Malcolm-Jamal Warner died in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica at 54 years old, surfers noticed The Cosby Show alum struggling in the water, police confirmed.

"It was at that moment that they were swept away by the current, and the friend managed to get out." This post appeared first in Mamasuncut - visit the original post here: Malcolm-Jamal Warner wasn't swimming with his daughter at the time of his passing,

In elementary school, “Good Times” was the television show that most closely resembled my family. And seeing reruns of Ralph David Carter’s portrayal of a precocious young boy learning what it means to be poor, gifted and Black is what moved his Michael from fiction to family for me.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s friend Candace Kelley is looking back on her fond memories and moments with the late star. “On average, Malcolm and I would text every other day and speak once or twice a week,” Kelley exclusively told Us Weekly of Warner on Wednesday,