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brush

(61,033 posts)
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:27 AM Jul 2025

Heard today from someone in the busness that Malcom Jamal Warner's death might not be...

an acciddental drownng (rumor circulating). He was workng on a tell-all book about the dirty doings in the business. It's said he didn't want to be known only for his role on "The Cosby Show" and his family preferred the cast members not attend the funeral. Physga Rashad and others ignored that and attended anyway.

I guess the Cosby scandal still has reverberations in the business.

The actor, can't remember his name rght now, played Ukel, is said to be puttng off a similar tell-all.

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Heard today from someone in the busness that Malcom Jamal Warner's death might not be... (Original Post) brush Jul 2025 OP
Jaleel White. nt Celerity Jul 2025 #1
Huh? malaise Jul 2025 #2
It's a rumor circulating brush Jul 2025 #8
Thanks malaise Jul 2025 #9
That's JustAnotherGen Jul 2025 #3
Except he was also a Grammy Award winning musician and poet, as well as directing and acting ms liberty Jul 2025 #4
I remember him for more than The Cosby Show (which I loved). mucholderthandirt Jul 2025 #6
Seems exceedingly unlikely EdmondDantes_ Jul 2025 #5
It's a rumor circulating. brush Jul 2025 #10
So? EdmondDantes_ Jul 2025 #13
It's a discussion board. It's a rumor going around. You don't have to participate. brush Jul 2025 #14
Ok. Tommy Carcetti Jul 2025 #7
He was caught in a rip current with his daughter Melon Jul 2025 #11
It's a rumor going around. RIP to him. Wish he had finished the book though. brush Jul 2025 #12
Do we even know there was a book? n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #15

malaise

(298,011 posts)
2. Huh?
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:15 AM
Jul 2025

A surfer rescued his daughter but was not able to rescue both of them.
The Caribbean Sea coast of CR has horrific currents.

ms liberty

(11,372 posts)
4. Except he was also a Grammy Award winning musician and poet, as well as directing and acting
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:03 AM
Jul 2025

He will be remembered for more than The Cosby Show.

mucholderthandirt

(1,791 posts)
6. I remember him for more than The Cosby Show (which I loved).
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:04 AM
Jul 2025

He's a fine actor, had other talents, and as far as I ever heard, a good human being. I think his death was horrible, but only an accident, and I'm sad his little girl had to see that.

EdmondDantes_

(2,095 posts)
5. Seems exceedingly unlikely
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:56 AM
Jul 2025

He drowned in the ocean with witnesses. How do you stage an accidental drowning in that situation?

Most things aren't a deep conspiracy.

EdmondDantes_

(2,095 posts)
13. So?
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 04:32 PM
Jul 2025

Given how far fetched this is, why spread it? What good comes from it? And that's before considering that it's at least what I'm guessing is 3rd hand anonymous rumors?

A man who was talented, seems to have loved his family, did some good died. Why try to turn that into a conspiracy?

Melon

(1,709 posts)
11. He was caught in a rip current with his daughter
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 03:55 PM
Jul 2025

A local rescued his daughter.
Why does everything have to be a conspiracy now? You can literally make anything up and just post it on the internet.

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