Pamela Warner, the mom of late “Cosby Present” star Malcolm-Jamal Warner, regarded past loss and provided some consolation to his followers as she broke her silence about his sudden demise in July.
The elder Warner created an Instagram web page devoted to her son’s legacy and on Friday launched a contemplative and prolonged assertion saying the actor-musician “was at peace and extra importantly, he didn’t endure.” Warner, who was finest recognized for his portrayal of clean-cut Theodore Huxtable, drowned whereas swimming within the Caribbean off Costa Rica. He was 54.
Pamela Warner mirrored on her son’s accomplishments in TV, music and his private life, honoring her son as a “form, loving man with an enormous coronary heart for humanity” and an “distinctive” household man. Along with his mom, the actor is survived by his spouse and daughter.
“Malcolm left an indelible mark on the world and on numerous hearts,” she wrote. “All who met him, nonetheless briefly, had been higher for the encounter.”
Whereas she mourned the lack of her “trainer, coach, confidant, enterprise companion, and finest good friend,” Pamela Warner additionally mirrored on giving start to him greater than 50 years in the past. She mentioned she felt “blessed that he selected me to be his mom, to return into the world via the waters of my womb.” She went on to supply a full-circle perspective on her son’s demise.
“Malcolm was birthed via water and he transitioned via water,” she wrote. “He departed as he arrived, via water. This was his time. His mission on earth had been accomplished.”
The Emmy-nominated actor was on trip along with his household on the time of his demise. He was swimming when a present pulled him deeper into the ocean. The Crimson Cross in Costa Rica mentioned its first responders additionally tended to a different man caught in the identical present that claimed Warner’s life. The affected person, whose id was not disclosed, survived. First responders discovered Warner with out important indicators, and he was taken to the morgue.
Pamela Warner’s assertion joins the gathering of tributes honoring her son’s life. Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s co-stars together with Invoice Cosby, Geoffrey Owens and Raven-Symoné and, extra just lately, Keshia Knight Pulliam have mourned his demise.
“Every week in the past I misplaced my large brother however I gained an angel,” Pulliam mentioned of her TV brother on social media.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner was a multi-faceted entertainer who along with performing additionally pursued a Grammy-winning music profession. After his time on “The Cosby Present” he additionally directed episodes for a number of different TV reveals. Warner’s mom’s assertion acknowledged his attain, encouraging his followers and family members to “Maintain near no matter a part of Malcolm’s life that touched yours.”
Her assertion concluded: “In maintaining it close to, you retain his spirit alive — nourishing you with the peace, love, pleasure and light-weight that embodied Malcolm-Jamal Warner.”
