“The Cosby Show,” starring Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff “Cliff” Huxtable, an obstetrician-gynecologist, and Phylicia Rashad as his wife, Clair, a successful attorney, blazed a historic trail in primetime television with the depiction of an educated, upper-middle-class African American family.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner played “The Cosby Show’s” Theo Huxtable with a charismatic mix of bravado, innocence and hysteria.

When audiences met Theo Huxtable, playing a high school freshman in 1984’s pilot episode of "The Cosby Show," his voice was squeaky, his room was a mess, and he was pleading with his dad, Heathcliff,

Since creating and starring as Dr. Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show, the once-beloved and ubiquitous comedian and actor Bill Cosby has seen his public image and career impacted by numerous allegations of sexual assault and abuse, all of which he has consistently denied.

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who gained fame as Theodore Huxtable on the NBC sitcom “The Cosby Show,” has died in an accidental drowning while swimming during a family vacation in Costa Rica, PEOPLE reports. He was 54.

Cosby now lives life out of the spotlight and has not returned to acting in Hollywood. He remains married to his wife, Camille, with whom he has welcomed five children since their 1954 wedding. Two of his children — Ennis and Ensa — have since died.