Bill Cosby breaks silence on Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death, compares fatal drowning to losing his own son

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s TV father is addressing his tragic death.

Hours after it was reported that the actor died at 54 by fatally drowning in Costa Rica while on vacation with his family, Bill Cosby’s rep, Andrew Wyatt, shared how the comedian took the news.

Wyatt told The Post that Cosby “spoke to Phylicia Rashad earlier today and they reminisced about Malcolm.”

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Cosby starred as Cliff Huxtable, the dad of Warner’s character Theodore “Theo” Huxtable in “The Cosby Show” for 8 seasons, from 1984 to 1992. Rashad, 77, played Clair Huxtable, Theo’s mom.

According to Wyatt, Cosby shared that his childhood friend recently passed away, noting that hearing of Warner’s death added to his pain.

The actor, who just celebrated his 88th birthday, feels like “everybody’s leaving,” Wyatt told The Post.

The star’s spokesperson also shared that Cosby told him, “While I was their TV dad, I never stopped being a father to them.”

The actor also compared Warner’s passing to losing his own son, who was murdered in 1997.

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