Beyoncé Dedicates Her Website To Malcolm-jamal Warner As Tributes Pour In After Actor's Death

Beyoncé has featured a dedication to Malcolm-Jamal Warner, nan "The Cosby Show" character who died connected Sunday successful Costa Rica, connected her individual website.

On Tuesday, nan homepage of Beyonce.com featured a achromatic and achromatic puerility photograph of Warner, accompanied by a short caption dedicated to his passing.

"Rest successful power, Malcolm-Jamal Warner," nan website reads. "Thanks for being a large portion of our shared tv history. You will beryllium missed."

Warner, 54, drowned connected Sunday aft he was swept retired to oversea successful Costa Rica, according to section authorities.

A root adjacent to Warner said he was connected picnic pinch his woman and young girl and that nan incident appears to person been accidental. As of Monday night, Warner's woman is attempting to retrieve his assemblage to nan United States for a funeral, nan root said.

Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said successful a Monday connection that Warner was swimming astatine Playa Cocles successful Limón state earlier being dragged retired deeper by a current. Bystanders astatine nan segment pulled Warner retired from nan water, but first responders from Costa Rica’s Red Cross recovered him unresponsive.

The Costa Rican Red Cross said successful a connection that a 2nd man was transported to a section infirmary successful captious information from nan "water incident."

Warner starred successful NBC's "The Cosby Show," which played a important domiciled successful challenging stereotypes and expanding media visibility for Black Americans. He played nan domiciled of Theo Huxtable, Cosby's son, from 1984 to 1992.

He past went connected to prima successful respective celebrated tv bid of nan precocious 1990s and early 2000s centered connected Black characters, including "Malcolm & Eddie," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Keenan & Kel" and "All That."

In summation to Beyoncé, news of Warner’s decease prompted an outpouring of condolences from Hollywood and different salient Black celebrities, including Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

Tracee Ellis Ross posted an image of her and Warner connected Instagram connected Monday. The brace starred successful nan BET sitcom "Reed Between nan Lines" from 2011 to 2015.

"My bosom is truthful so sad. What an character and friend you were: warm, gentle, present, kind, thoughtful, deep, funny, elegant," she wrote. "You made nan world a brighter place."

Holly Robinson Peete, whose begetter wrote and produced "The Cosby Show," also posted an image of her pinch Warner connected Instagram connected Monday.

"He was ever gracious, kind, funny and gave nan absolute champion hugs," she wrote. "Even if you ne'er met him — you consciousness for illustration you knew him. That’s really universally loved he was."

Geoffrey Owens, who played Elvin Tibideaux connected "The Cosby Show," said successful a connection that he was "speechless" complete Warner's death.

"Malcolm was a beautiful man; a saccharine and delicate soul. I respected him for galore reasons, including nan truth that he genuinely loved nan enactment of creation," he said. "He had nan mind of an character and nan bosom of a musician."

Beyoncé has antecedently dedicated her website to high-profile deaths of Black Americans.

In 2023, she honored a 28-year-old cheery man, O'Shae Sibley, who was dancing to her euphony conscionable earlier being stabbed to decease successful Brooklyn, New York.