00:00He was a beloved teenager in an iconic television series
00:04who the world watched grow into manhood.
00:07And like all our friends and colleagues who transitioned this past year,
00:12Malcolm Jamal Warner remains in our hearts.
00:16Felicia Rashad paid tribute to her TV son, Malcolm Jamal Warner,
00:20at the 2025 Emmys In Memoriam segment.
00:23He played Theo Huxable for all eight seasons of the beloved sitcom, The Cosby Show.
00:30On July 20th, the actor died at the age of 54
00:32after being swept up in a strong current in Costa Rica during a family vacation.
00:38A rep for his TV dad, Bill Cosby,
00:41previously stated that the tragic death reminded him of his own son's murder in 1997.
00:47The spokesperson shared with the post these powerful words,
00:50While I was their TV dad, I never stopped being a father to them.
00:54Just two months before his fatal drowning,
00:56Malcolm Jamal Warner opened up on Melissa Ford's Hot and Bothered podcast
01:01about his own legacy on The Cosby Show.
01:04I remember my mother said to me one time
01:06that Mr. Cosby gave you immortality.
01:14The Emmys also honored MTV's father figure Ozzy Osbourne,
01:19the late Food Network star Anne Burrell,
01:21Buffy actress Michelle Trachtenberg,
01:23and Downton Abbey's Maggie Smith.
01:26However, Hulk Hogan was notably omitted from this year's In Memoriam segment.
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