Beyoncé presented a dedication to Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor of “Cosby Show” who Died Sunday at Costa Ricaon his personal website.
Tuesday, the home page of Beyonce.com Presented a black and white photo of Warner, accompanied by a brief legend dedicated to it.
“Rest in power, Malcolm-Jamal Warner”, reads the website in all the ceilings. “Thank you for being a large part of our shared television story. We will miss you.”
Warner, 54, drowned on Sunday after being swept away at Costa Rica, according to local authorities.
A source close to Warner said he was on vacation with his wife and girl and that the incident seems to have been accidental. Warner’s wife was trying to bring her body back to the United States on Monday evening for funeral, said the source.
The Costa Rica judicial investigations department said in a press release on Monday that Warner was swimming in Playa Cocles in the province of Limón before being dragged deeper by a current. Passers-by on the scene withdrew Warner from water, but the first stakeholders of the Costa Rica Red Cross found it insensitive.
The Costarian Red Cross said in a statement that a second man was taken to the hospital in critical condition of “the water incident”.
Warner played in “The Cosby Show” by NBC, which played an important role in stimulating stereotypes and the increase in media visibility for black Americans. He played Theo Huxtable, the son of Cosby, from 1984 to 1992.
He then played in several popular television series of the late 1990s and early 2000s, centered on black characters, notably “Malcolm & Eddie”, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, “Kenan & Kel” and “All that”.
In addition to Beyoncé, the death of Warner’s death caused a wave of Hollywood sorrow and other eminent black celebrities, Including Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
Trace Ellis Ross poster An image of her and warner on Instagram on Monday. The pair played in the sitcom bet “reed between the lines” from 2011 to 2015.
“My heart is so sad. What actor and friend you were: warm, sweet, present, kind, thoughtful, deep, funny, elegant,” she wrote. “You have made people a brighter place.”
Holly Robinson Peete, whose father wrote and produces “The Cosby Show”, ” Also displayed An image of her with Warner on Instagram on Monday.
“He has always been graceful, kind, funny and made the best absolute hugs,” she wrote. “Even if you have never met him – you feel like you knew him. It is how universally loved he was.”
Geoffrey Owens, who played Elvin Tibideaux on “The Cosby Show”, said in a statement that he was “speechless” on the death of Warner.
“Malcolm was a charming man; a gentle and sensitive soul. I respected him for many reasons, including the fact that he really liked the act of creation,” he said. “He had the mind of an actor and the heart of a musician.”
Beyoncé previously devoted her website to the highly publicized death of black Americans.
In 2023, She honored A 28 -year -old gay man, O’Shae Sibley, who was dancing in his music just before Be stabbed to BrooklynNew York.
