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Time of India
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
America mourns The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner; fans say a generation 'grew up on him'
The Cosby Show star Malcom-Jamal Warner was found dead on Sunday July 21 in Costa Rica, the cause being an accidental drowning. He was 54 years old at the time of death. Netizens soon paid tribute to the beloved actor, with user Rilla pointing out that his generation grew up on The Cosby Show. RIP to the great Malcolm Jamal Warner, my generation grew up on him Warner's starring role in iconic sitcom was Theo Huxtable, the son of Cliff and Clair Huxtable. The Cosby Show creator Bill Cosby had conceived Theo Huxtable using his real-life dyslexic son, Ennis Cosby, as a basis. Like Ennis, Theo was eventually revealed to have dyslexia in the season 6 episode "Theo's Gift". Malcom-Jamal Warner would eventually become the youngest person ever nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance. In his adult career he would branch out into other interests such as jazz music and activism. The internet pays tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner Tributes to Malcolm-Jamal Warner flooded social media after news of his death spread, with the NAACP formally paying respects to the actor and telling him to Rest In Power. #RestinPower to NAACP Image Award winning actor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Your talent and spirit touched many lives, and your legacy will continue to inspire. Thank you for the memories and the impact you made in the world of entertainment User Danny Deraney said his Gen X heart broke when learning of the news. He also fondly reminisced on the iconic Cosby Show moment where Theo Huxtable dons a $95 Gordon Gartrell shirt. My gen x heart is breaking. RIP Malcolm Jamal Warner. The $95 Gordon Gartrell shirt is iconic. "No 14 year-old boy should have a $95 shirt, unless he is on stage with his 4 brothers." 😂 The Martin Luther King Jr. Center commended Malcolm-Jamal for his work in furthering MLK Jr's legacy, notably by hosting the 2023 Beloved Community Awards. The King Center mourns the tragic passing of our dear friend, #MalcolmJamalWarner. Malcolm was a brilliant, multi-faceted artist and an inspiring giver. We are grateful for his love for #TheKingCenter and the King legacy. And for the ways he showed his support, including as… Indeed, Malcolm-Jamal had personally paid tribute to MLK Jr and numerous other black American luminaries during a Black History Month video he posted earlier this year. Black history is more than a month….🫡🙏🏿✊🏿🤎❤️ Actress Marlee Matlin remembered that Malcolm was 'the nicest guy' and considered it a privilege to be in the same company with him. I am so sad to read of the untimely passing of Malcolm Jamal Warner. He was the nicest guy and it was a privilege to have been in same company with him, sharing a directors' panel along with Howard Gordon and Michael chiklis. My heart goes out to his family and friends. RIP… User glynderella_ noted that aside from his role in the Cosby Show, Malcolm was also a jazz musician, poet, and Grammy Award winner. Malcolm-Jamal Warner was not only Black television royalty, he was a Grammy Award winning poet and talented musician in a jazz band. May he rest in peace 💛 User Mike Beauvais reminisced about another iconic The Cosby Show scene where Theo Huxtable got his ear pierced without telling his parents. Theo Huxtable getting his ear pierced without his parents' permission was an all-time great sitcom in peace, Malcolm-Jamal Warner. User 2SweetScorpio remembered that MCU star Anthony Mackie had once paid a homage to Theo Huxtable's Gordon Gartrell shirt, and called Malcolm Jamal-Warner 'a massive part of pop culture'. Just thought of Anthony Mackie wearing the Gordon Gartrell shirt. Malcolm-Jamal Warner will forever be a massive part of pop culture, and the childhood of so many…him not being here just feels like such cruelty Malcolm Jamal-Warner is survived by his family While Malcolm Jamal-Warner did have a number of high-profile relationships during his lifetime, including with Michelle Thomas and Karen Malina White, when he finally did settle down and get married, he chose not to publicize the identities of his wife or child. Nonetheless, they will be mourning the loss of a loving husband and father, just as the rest of America mourns an artist who endured across generations. To stay updated on the stories that are going viral follow Indiatimes Trending.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Sen. Wyden meets Portland seniors to talk Trump threats to social services, Meals on Wheels
Oregon's U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (left) meets with seniors at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Portland April 21, 2025 to discuss his efforts to protect federal programs supporting seniors, including Medicare and Social Security, as well as federal funding for the Meals on Wheels program. (Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Paul Knauls, 94, depends on food deliveries from the nonprofit Meals on Wheels to his home in northeast Portland every Thursday. Though he's known by many as the unofficial mayor of Portland, 'when I see the delivery person, it might be the only person I see all week,' he said. 'It's just a blessing.' Knauls was among several dozen seniors who met with Oregon's U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden Monday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in northeast Portland to hear about potential cuts by the Trump administration to Medicare, Social Security and federal grants that support Meals on Wheels programs across the country. Wyden has joined Meals on Wheels volunteers around the state many times over the years. 'Back there, some powerful, powerful people are swinging a machete to proven safety nets like Meals on Wheels so that billionaires keep getting those tax breaks,' Wyden told the crowd about the current administration. 'That's not gonna happen,' he said to cheers from the crowd. The most recent budget blueprint passed by Congress includes the potential elimination of the Social Services Block Grant program, which sends money to states for programs like Meals on Wheels. The draft budget also calls for $880 billion in cuts that cannot be reached without major defunding of programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office found. John Marick, treasurer of Meals on Wheels America, said the group provides critical food aid and care to seniors who might otherwise have no other choice but a nursing home or a hospital. 'Investing in Meals on Wheels is way cheaper than what happens when we're not there,' he told the crowd. Demand is likely to rise if other federal safety net programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are cut, he added. Dave McGann, a retired postman who has volunteered for Meals on Wheels in Portland for 20 years, talked about checking in regularly on people when he dropped off meals. He described one woman who fell in her tub, and who yelled for help when she knew he was supposed to be by, because he was the only person she'd see that day. He heard her yells and was able to call for medical help. 'We're sometimes the only hope that people have when we come to their house,' he said. 'It's very important for us to be there.' The Portland-based office of the Meals on Wheels organization relies on federal funding for about 35% of its $14 million program that provides thousands of meals to home-bound seniors in Multnomah and Washington counties in Oregon and Clark County in Washington every year, according to organization spokesperson Kelsey Allen. In 2024, the group provided more than 1 million meals to 9,000 seniors, up 8% from the previous year, she said. Wyden said federal cuts could put '400,000 to 500,000 meals on the chopping block,' for the tri-county area. 'On my watch, it's not going to happen,' he told the crowd. Federal funding for Meals on Wheels is administered by the Community Living Administration, housed in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. But 40% of staff from that administration were cut in April by Trump officials. Allen says they don't know yet how this will impact resources and meal deliveries in Portland and in the three counties they serve. Counties receive the federal dollars and distribute the money to Meals on Wheels and other social and public health programs, and the next distribution of funding is supposed to occur in June. The bulk of the group's funding comes from individual donations, she said, and the food preparation and delivery are supported by about 2,000 volunteers each year. Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, a Democrat representing Oregon's 3rd Congressional District, originally planned to attend the event with Wyden. She was instead in El Salvador with three other Democratic colleagues demanding the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man with protected legal status who was wrongfully deported to, and imprisoned in, El Salvador by the Trump administration. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
