Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow Tenisha Warner has confirmed her id and addressed the general public for the primary time since “The Cosby Present” actor’s loss of life.
Tenisha Warner, who married Malcolm-Jamal Warner in 2017, posted a marriage photograph and an announcement on Instagram on Friday, which was the eve of their wedding ceremony anniversary.
“Thanks for holding us in a lot love throughout this tender time,” Warner wrote within the caption. “For the primary time, I’m sharing a glimpse of the love that started all of it. I can nonetheless hear my husband’s chuckle, nonetheless really feel the best way he made room for each a part of me — each tear, each dream.”
Warner additionally introduced that she and her daughter are launching the Warner Household Basis and River & Ember within the late actor’s honor.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who portrayed Theo Huxtable on the beloved household sitcom for eight seasons, died in July at age 54. Warner drowned on the seashore whereas on trip along with his household in Costa Rica.
The Tv Academy tapped Warner’s TV mother Phylicia Rashad for a tribute to the one-time Emmy nominee to kick off the “In Memoriam” phase on the 77th Emmy Awards on Sunday.
“He was a beloved teenager in an iconic tv sequence who the world watched develop into manhood,” Rashad mentioned onstage on the Peacock Theater, “and like all our associates and colleagues who transitioned this previous 12 months, Malcolm-Jamal Warner stays in our hearts.”
Though he was completely satisfied in his marriage, Warner had stored the identities of his spouse and daughter non-public previous to his loss of life.
“We’ve been collectively virtually 10 years,” he mentioned throughout a podcast look in Might. “We’ve by no means had a combat, an argument, a raised voice or a harsh phrase. Not that we’ve all the time agreed. We’re simply at some extent the place we’ve a approach of speaking.”
Tenisha Warner mentioned in her Instagram assertion that River & Ember is about carrying that love they shared ahead.
“River & Ember was born … from my very own journey with grief and love,” she wrote about her new firm. “Via story and ritual, I hope to supply households the identical items he gave us: a way of being held, and a reminder that even in life’s altering seasons, our internal gentle is price tending.”
River & Ember will provide seasonal toolkits of tales, rituals and artwork for folks and youngsters. The Warner Household Basis will provide scholarships to younger artists.
