Malcolm-Jamal Warner who played Theodore Huxtable in hit 80s sitcom The Cosby Show has died at 54
Star of 80s sitcom, The Cosby Show, has died at the age of 54.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner - star of hit sitcom The Cosby Show - has passed away at the age of 54, according to reports. US website TMZ has reported the actor, who played Theodore Huxtable in the 80s comedy, died as a result of an accidental drowning.
Warner, who went on to voice The Magic School Bus cartoon, won an Emmy for his portrayal of Huxtable in The Cosby Show, which ran for seven years between 1985 and 1992.
In 2014, he reached new audiences with a role in hit FX show Sons of Anarchy, where he played Sticky - the vice president of The Grim Bastards motorcycle club.
And a year later, he won a musical Grammy - for Best Traditional R&B Performance - with the song Jesus Children, alongside Robert Glasper Experiment and Lalah Hathaway.
In recent years, he has hosted the Not All Hood podcast, which dropped its final episode just three days before he reportedly died.
New Jersey-born Warner leaves behind a wife and daughter.