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Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Costars step up for his widow, Tenisha Warner.
“Sends you and your beautiful girl all the love What is a beautiful tribute and we’re here for you,” Emily VancampAnd nursing practitioner Nicolette Nevin played on the series between 2018 and 2023, written in the Tenisha emotional comments section Friday, September 12 Instagram PostWhere he came on to thank her husband’s friends, family and fans for “holding us in so much love” following the untimely death of Malcolm-Jamal.
“This is Tenisha’s beautiful tribute,” Manish dayalAnd Dr. Devon Pravesh, he also wrote. “Thank you for honoring it in this intense way if you need anything at all, don’t delay.”
Anuja Joshi.
Malcolm-Jamal died on July 20, 2025, after drowning on Playa Grande’s beach in Costa Rica during a family tour. It was 54.
“Thank you for holding us in so much love during this gentle time,” wrote Tenisha in the headline on his post. “Tomorrow marks our birthday – and my heart is wide open. For the first time, I share a glimpse of the love that started it all.”
He added, “I still can hear my husband, still feel the way in which he made a place for every part of me – every tear, every dream. Today, in honor of him, my daughter and I are launching River & Ember and officially opens the Warner Family Foundation.
Anuja Joshi and Manish Dayal.
Guy d’Lema / © Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection“Together we carry the legacy that my husband and I – one who fostering children’s inner light and gives young artists the freedom to create outside the lines. This is love, still moving. Still doing. Still making us carry us on.”
Tenisha included a longer statement about River & Ember, an organization that will tend to the needs of children, in the post itself.
Emily Vancamp with Matt Czuchry.
Guy d’Lema / © Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection“River & Ember was born not only from my knowledge as a doctor of psychology, but from my own journey with grief and love. It is about creating rituals that overlook us – the kind that our children will carry as an inheritance,” he explained. “River & Ember started with two simple forces: the constant flow that carries us on, and the quiet warmth that kept us alive inside. My husband incorporated both. His presence was a river – certainly, certainly, and always moving towards what matters.”
After becoming a home name in the 80s, Malcolm-Jamal Warner continued to entertain countless viewers until his final days. Warner got his big break while playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, which was broadcast between 1984 and 1992. He won his portrayal of the character Emmy in 1986. After the comedy sat wrapped after (…)
As she said, “her husband’s spirit in Ember – shining with encouragement, firing a possibility in those around her. Her way of seeing the world – that children’s inner light is worth tending with care and consistency – is the heartbeat of everything we create here.”
