Warner, best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," was caught in a strong current while swimming during a family vacation on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. Despite rescue attempts by beachgoers, first responders were unable to save him.

For Black youth and teens growing up in the mid-1980s, "The Cosby Show" offered something rarely seen on television up until that time: a sitcom that placed characters who looked like them in a positive light.