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Malcolm-Jamal Warner reflected on how he wanted to be remembered in last interview before death
Malcolm-Jamal Warner reflected on how he wanted to be remembered in his final interview before he tragically drowned.
“I remember my mother said to me one time that, ‘Mr. [Bill] Cosby gave you immortality,’ so I know on one lane there’s legacy there,” the “Cosby Show” alum said of what he wanted to leave behind during a May 21 episode of Melyssa Ford’s “Hot & Bothered” podcast.
“But then, because I’ve had this full life after that show, there’s another lane of legacy that I get to leave,” he added.
Warner then shared what he wanted to be remembered outside of his Hollywood career.
“There’s part of me that I will be able to leave this earth knowing — and people knowing — that I was a good person,” he said.
“[My dad] said to me often, ‘You know people love you, and people [are] always talking about your career and your success and all of that, but what really makes me the most proud is that you are a good person,’” Warner added.
Though the “Resident” alum loved the idea of being celebrated for his contributions to Hollywood, he also emphasized that he wanted to show people that “with all of the darkness in the world, it is possible to maintain your soul and be a good person.”
As Page Six previously reported, Warner died on July 20 after drowning during a family vacation in Costa Rica. He was 54.
Local police told The Post that the beloved childhood actor was in the ocean when he got swept up in a strong current at the Playa Grande beach in Cahuita, Limón.
After people pulled Warner from the water, the Costa Rica Red Cross attempted to revive him; however, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the Caribbean Guard, lifeguards were “not present” at the time of Warner’s passing — despite patrolling there “over the last few years” — due to a “lack of resources.”
Additionally, a second man was also “dragged by a water current at the beach” and is in critical condition.
Bill Cosby, who played Warner’s TV dad on “The Cosby Show,” said Warner’s death reminded him of his son’s 1997 murder.
“[It] reminded him of the same call he received when his son died,” Cosby’s rep, Andrew Wyatt, told People about how the comedian was taking the heartbreaking news.
Warner is survived by a wife and daughter, whose identities have remained private.
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