While vacationing in Costa Rica July 20, The Resident star was swimming in the ocean when a current pulled him deeper into the water, Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency confirmed to E! News in a translated statement. Though he was rescued by beachgoers, he was, according to the statement, “declared lifeless at the scene.”
However, his comforting legacy will live on with his extended Cosby family members.
“Words cannot describe the pain and sadness and surprise that I feel with the recent loss of MJW,” Raven-Symoné—who played Malcolm’s niece, Olivia Kendall, on the show—wrote July 22. “He was a big brother, he was a beacon, he was one of the most multifaceted, talented men. So gentle. He gave the best advice, he gave the best hugs. His smile will always be a huge bright f–king white smile in my head forever.”
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