Malcolm-Jamal Warner died of asphyxia, caught by current in Costa Rica

The tragic death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner at the age of 54 was confirmed as “asphyxiation by submersion” by the local authorities.

The Costaurian Agency for Judicial Investigations (OIJ) shared in a declaration obtained by people according to which they “suppressed the body of a man who apparently died due to the asphyxiation by submersion” which was then identified as Warner.

THE Cosby show And The resident Star “entered the sea and was apparently swept away by a current”, according to “preliminary information” examined by the OIJ. “The man was rescued by passers-by and led to the shore, where he received a treatment from the Costarian Red Cross. However, he was declared lifeless on the scene.”

Weekly entertainment contacted the OIJ.

Costa Rican national police told ABC News for the first time that Warner had died during an accidental drowning during family vacation, which a source confirmed to EW.

In the hours following the death of the prolific actor, the tributes of his estimates of fans and friends flocked.

Jennifer Love Hewitt, who cost Warner in front of her four episodes arc, 2024 9-1-1expressed his sorrow on social networks, writing on an image of the actor: “It hurts my heart. A gentleman, an incredible talent and we were so lucky to have it in the 9-1-1 family. The broken heart and sending love to his family. “”

Jamie Foxx wrote on Instagram that he was “speechless on this one. Rest in power, my brother”.

Sherri Shepherd, who played Warner’s spouse on Lifetime’s Sherrisaid: “As a person who grew up on television, Malcolm remained one of the most issuing people I have ever met in our business. Knowing Malcolm was to know a renaissance man who had a real loss for the Hollywood community. He was a daughter of his daughter.

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In the last episode of his Not all the hood Podcast released before his death, Warner chose to celebrate black excellence and complicate the conceptions of “The Hood”.

“The concept is, as, what the media show us one side, you know, black culture and it is the side of the hood. The side of the hood is ultimately historically what has always created American culture, right? It is co-opted by the hood, then it becomes common,” he said. But he was sure to ensure the listeners, “it’s nothing wrong with the hood.”