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a day ago
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Keshia Knight Pulliam mourns the death of her ‘big brother' Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Keshia Knight Pulliam has made a promise to her late television brother, Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Knight Pulliam, who as a child star played Rudy Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show,' posted a tribute to Warner on social media over the weekend. The actor, who played her older brother Theo Huxtable on the show, died July 20 in a drowning accident in Costa Rica. He was 54. On Sunday, Knight Pulliam posted a video of Warner playing guitar at a concert. 'A week ago I lost my big brother but I gained an angel… I love you… I miss you… We got our girls,' she wrote in the caption. Just prior to his death, Warner released the Season 2 premiere of his 'Not All Hood' podcast which featured him, his co-host Candace O. Kelley and Knight Pulliam. On the podcast, the former costars got emotional talking about the end of 'The Cosby Show' in 1992. 'We were all ready to just kind of move on. So I was cool with finishing the last episode and everyone saying bye,' Warner said. 'I was so cool, had no emotions, and then I saw Keshia started crying, and then I started crying.' 'He's stuck with me for life,' she said at the time.
CNN
a day ago
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Keshia Knight Pulliam mourns the death of her ‘big brother' Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Keshia Knight Pulliam has made a promise to her late television brother, Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Knight Pulliam, who as a child star played Rudy Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show,' posted a tribute to Warner on social media over the weekend. The actor, who played her older brother Theo Huxtable on the show, died July 20 in a drowning accident in Costa Rica. He was 54. On Sunday, Knight Pulliam posted a video of Warner playing guitar at a concert. 'A week ago I lost my big brother but I gained an angel… I love you… I miss you… We got our girls,' she wrote in the caption. Just prior to his death, Warner released the Season 2 premiere of his 'Not All Hood' podcast which featured him, his co-host Candace O. Kelley and Knight Pulliam. On the podcast, the former costars got emotional talking about the end of 'The Cosby Show' in 1992. 'We were all ready to just kind of move on. So I was cool with finishing the last episode and everyone saying bye,' Warner said. 'I was so cool, had no emotions, and then I saw Keshia started crying, and then I started crying.' 'He's stuck with me for life,' she said at the time.
CNN
a day ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Keshia Knight Pulliam mourns the death of her ‘big brother' Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Keshia Knight Pulliam has made a promise to her late television brother, Malcom-Jamal Warner. Knight Pulliam, who as a child star played Rudy Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show,' posted a tribute to Warner on social media over the weekend. The actor, who played her older brother Theo Huxtable on the show, died July 20 in a drowning accident in Costa Rica. He was 54. On Sunday, Knight Pulliam posted a video of Warner playing guitar at a concert. 'A week ago I lost my big brother but I gained an angel… I love you… I miss you… We got our girls,' she wrote in the caption. Just prior to his death, Warner released the Season 2 premiere of his 'Not All Hood' podcast which featured him, his co-host Candace O. Kelley and Knight Pulliam. On the podcast, the former costars got emotional talking about the end of 'The Cosby Show' in 1992. 'We were all ready to just kind of move on. So I was cool with finishing the last episode and everyone saying bye,' Warner said. 'I was so cool, had no emotions, and then I saw Keshia started crying, and then I started crying.' 'He's stuck with me for life,' she said at the time.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Podcast Co-Host Reflects on the 'Unfair' Ending of His Life and Details Their Final Texts (Exclusive)
Journalist and professor Candace Kelley, who hosted the 'Not All Hood' podcast with the late 'Cosby Show' actor, recalls a man who was hilarious, thoughtful, and above all, loved his family Malcolm-Jamal Warner's friend and fellow podcast co-host is still grappling with the news of his tragic death. Journalist and professor Candace Kelley, who co-hosted the Not All Hood podcast with Warner, opens up to PEOPLE about her good friend, who died on July 20 after drowning in Costa Rica while on vacation with his family. "He was just in the middle of everything," Kelley tells PEOPLE of the 54-year-old actor. "The middle of his life, the middle of moving back into his home after dealing with a pipe burst, the middle of summer, work..." "The incompletion just feels so unfair," she adds, noting that he was also in the middle of planning their future podcast episodes. Kelley had been in contact with Warner up until the day before the fatal incident. "We'd been texting up until the day before," she recalls of Warner. "He texted me from the plane to say he was tired, then sent off a five-paragraph email [about work.] I was like, 'You're heading off to Costa Rica and you want to talk business and the future? OK!' We were texting every day while he was there until the day before, and then I was like, 'Where did he go?'" After learning the tragic news, Kelley says it hit her incredibly hard. "We'd only recently talked about death because I'd take a bereavement class, and he wanted to know what I learned," she says. "The ebb and flow of death is that you just don't know when it happens. You're never prepared." Despite grappling with the massive loss of her colleague, she still hopes to continue his mission of seeing different portrayals of Black people in the media. "He really was on a mission in making sure that the tropes about the Black community are not continued," she says. Similarly to The Cosby Show, where Warner played Theo Huxtable, the middle child in an upper-middle-class Black family in New York in the '80s, Warner wanted to continue seeing different types of Black lives in the media — which is the intention behind Not All Hood. "We'd have these conversations because all the dramas on TV are about gangs and the streets and drugs and kingpins," Kelley says. "But a lot of people don't know that he often turned down a lot of parts in these types of shows. He'd say, 'It's good writing, but it's not a good message.'" She continues, "The podcast was a continuation of what he wanted to show, which is that we're not all the same; here are some different facets of our lives... He really, really cared about carrying the torch that he had from The Cosby Show, and that torch was, 'Remember how they see us and do not co-sign.'" "Because we have options and can do better, we can change how we're seen and really in that way change the course of humanity," she adds. Looking ahead, Kelley plans to keep Warner's legacy and impact alive. She says their podcast will continue, but the first episode without Warner will be a tribute called "Malcolm Left the Mic On," and will air Friday, July 25. "We have a lineup of people from The Resident, and so Tori's going to come on, Erika Alexander, different people, but it will mostly be people from the community because I have hundreds of people who just want to share what he meant to them. So we said, 'Let's open it up to callers,'" she explains. Despite the hole left by his death, she says she'll never forget about his talents, and his kindness as a human. "In the Atlanta music scene, Malcolm was on fire and adored," she says of the actor's side gigs. "He would often bring music into discussions. It was an absolute passion that moved him. He performed every first Thursday at Buteco, a venue in Grant Park, with his band Biological Misfits. He'd play a mean bass, sing, and do poetry. I went on May 1, and it was amazing. It was a thing." Also amazing was the fact that child stardom never derailed him. Warner starred on the sitcom from 1984 to 1992 and was a teenager at the time, but Kelley says, "The shoe never fell." "His other biggest mission, besides his family, was just being a good person," she adds. "He wanted to be remembered like that; he has said that, he just wants to be remembered as a good person, and by all accounts, he's got that down. He really did. That was really sincere." Warner had previously expressed similar sentiments on the podcast. In his final interview on May 21, he admitted that he thought about his legacy "a lot." "There's part of me that I will be able to leave this earth knowing — and people knowing — that I was a good person," he remarked. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Warner said his father once told him that people love him because of his career and success. However, his dad was most proud was that his son was a good person. "I'm a good person because my dad's a good person," Warner gushed. "It is possible to walk through this world and, with all of the darkness in the world, it is possible to maintain your soul and be a good person." Read the original article on People Solve the daily Crossword
Metro
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Surfer 'pulled Malcolm-Jamal Warner's daughter to safety' as star drowned
Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned on Sunday whilst swimming with his 8-year-old daughter in Costa Rica. The 54-year-old actor was pronounced dead while on a family holiday with his wife and daughter. Warner was best known for his role as Theo Huxtable in The Cosby Show, which ran through most of his early adulthood from 1984 to 1992. The police told ABC News that surfers saw the father and daughter struggling, so they dove straight in to help. One surfer was able to rescue Warner's daughter by pulling her on to his board and paddling her to shore. A volunteer lifeguard, Mike Geist, was able to pull Warner to the surface before dragging him to land to attempt resuscitation. Geist told AZ family: 'There were two doctors that were also here on vacation.' 'Between three of them, they were able to perform CPR for more than 30 minutes, probably more like 45 minutes, and unfortunately, it was not successful.' The surfers risked their own lives to help save the Suits alumni; however, it was reported yesterday that one injured surfer had been discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment 'without complications.' Local police said that Warner drowned on a beach on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast after getting pulled under by a strong current in Limon province, Playa Cocles. His cause of death has been ruled as accidental asphyxiation by submersion. Despite Warner's conscious effort to keep his private life out of the spotlight, he previously took to Instagram to share photos expressing how much he loved his only child. Back in a 2021 Instagram post, the 90's star referred to his young daughter as his and his wife's 'mini us.' The late actor also shared a wholesome family video of him dancing with his daughter back in 2023, captioned: 'Yoooo! Y'all remember this? Man, time flies! I was playing this song in the car over the weekend and my baby didn't even remember it.' He went on to say, 'We used to play it all the time when she was 1. Had to go back and find this post to show her. I'm happy to say that this beautiful song is now back in rotation.' More Trending Warner enjoyed a successful career and has previously starred in Malcom & Eddie (1996-2000) and Reed Between the Lines (2011-2015). The star also set up a podcast alongside friends: Weusi Baraka and Candace Kelley. Not All Hood was launched in May 2024 and saw the trio speak on the different facets of the black community. The podcast shared an emotional tribute on their Instagram earlier this week: 'Malcolm didn't just host the conversation. He is the conversation. And now it's on us to keep talking, keep building, and keep telling the stories that matter. Rest in power, Brother.' Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. View More » MORE: South Park fans convinced Donald Trump will cancel series over 'teeny tiny' manhood MORE: Last surviving main Hogan's Heroes cast member Kenneth Washington dies aged 89 MORE: 'I lead a wondrous new TV period drama – it's a blessing'
