United Kingdom, July 21 -- Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role as Theodore Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has reportedly died aged 54.

The actor, born in New Jersey, became a household name playing the only son of Bill Cosby's Dr Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable in the iconic sitcom, which aired from 1984 to 1992 and was hailed groundbreaking as it blasted away racial stereotypes by spotlighted an upper-class African American family.

Sources shared news of Warner's death on Monday (21.07.25) with People and TMZ, with the latter outletreporting the cause of death as accidental drowning.

The actor said in 2023 while reflecting on the lasting impact of the sitcom that made him a household name: "I know I can speak for all the cast when ...