‘Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dead at 54: reports
A source confirmed Warner's death to PEOPLE. No official cause of death has been confirmed yet.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
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The Post has reached out to Warner's rep for comment.
Warner played Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable, son of Bill Cosby's Cliff Huxtable, on the NBC sitcom from 1984 to 1992.
In 2021, Warner exclusively spoke to The Post about the legacy of 'The Cosby Show' following Cosby's sex assault conviction.
'I can understand why some people can't watch the show and enjoy it because of everything that's going on now,' Warner told The Post. 'But I think…there's a generation of young people who have pursued higher education or have started loving families because of the influence of that show.'
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'So it's kind of like, you can't discount its impact on television culture and American culture,' he added.
He was also best known for his roles in 'Malcolm & Eddie' and 'Reed Between the Lines' and for executive-producing 'The Magic School Bus.'
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable.
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Warner is survived by his wife and daughter.
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