ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council posthumously honors actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner with a proclamation at Monday’s council meeting.
Warner rose to fame in the 1980s sitcom “The Cosby Show.”
Council member Michael Julian Bond says Warner was more than just a television icon; he was a voice for our generation.
The proclamation honors not just Warner’s achievements in entertainment, but the positive influence he had on the lives of so many in Atlanta and around the world.
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Warner drowned off the coast of Costa Rica on Sunday, July 20. His official cause of death was asphyxia, Costa Rican National Police said.
According to police, he died near Cocles, a beach in Limon, Costa Rica, after getting caught by a rip current.
Channel 2’s Condace Pressley met Warner when he presented her with the pioneer Black journalist award when he hosted the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists Gala.
“I got to tell you, Theo Huxtable from ‘The Cosby Show.’ Talk about having a fan girl moment and having him be the most warmest, kindest, most genuine person in the entertainment field that I ever met,” Pressley told Channel 2’s Candace McCowan about her conversation with Warner.
“Some public people are really easy to work with, and sometimes they’re not. He was so easy to work with,” Pressley said.
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