According to Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department, Warner was dragged farther into the Caribbean by a current while swimming at Playa Cocles in the province of Limon on Sunday afternoon.
He was discovered by first responders without vital signs.
The Cosby Show attracted viewers from a wide range of racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds and was a ratings powerhouse. From 1984 to 1992, the series aired for 197 episodes. Warner was nominated for an Emmy in 1986 for supporting actor in a comedy.
According to Cammock, who is Black, the program, which starred Bill Cosby as Cliff Huxtable and Phylicia Rashad as his wife Clair, “made the wider society aware that there are Black people who live like white people do.” It was terrible to think that we didn’t live their way.
Messages regarding Warner’s passing started to arrive Monday afternoon for Lynn Reasonover, 62, of Oak Lawn, Illinois. At first, she thought, “Nope, didn’t happen.”
Reasonover claimed that after that, pals began texting and I continued to receive news flashes. It’s starting to settle in. It makes you realize how much our memories are shaped by certain celebrities. His contributions had such a profound effect. We grew up with him, so I feel a personal loss. It feels like we’re losing a piece of our youth.
The Huxtables, whose parents were both professionals who valued education and dealt with family matters with compassion and love, reminded Reasonover of a large portion of her own family.
She claimed that their issues were comparable to those we faced as children. We laughed because we could relate.
Detroit resident Rasheda Williams, 46, was roughly the same age as Theo’s younger sister Rudy, the youngest character on The Cosby Show. Williams stated that because of what they seen in Warner’s role, she and others are grieving his departure.
Williams compared him to the perfect cousin you wish you had. For some of us, hearing the news has had a profound impact. It came as a surprise. He wasn’t ill. That adds to the tragedy.
She said that he was more than simply an actor. In addition, he was an activist and a good example for young Black women as well as young Black men.
