In a press release sent to Newsweek, Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department said Warner died near Cocles, a beach in Limon, Costa Rica. Despite bystanders pulling him to shore, where he received medical attention, he was declared dead by the Costa Rican Red Cross.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner died on Sunday, July 20 after drowning while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. In a statement from authorities, he was rescued by bystanders and taken to shore, where he was declared lifeless.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who starred as Theo Huxtable on the beloved sitcom The Cosby Show, died tragically while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. Warner drowned after being caught in a high current and asphyxiating,