"Live" played a clip of the "Cosby Show" actor greeting Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford from the show's 1988 debut.Kelly Ripa paused Live With Kelly and Mark's traditionally chipper atmosphere Tuesday morning to honor The Cosby Show actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner,

The Cosby Show actor drowned while swimming on a family trip in Costa Rica on Sunday, July 20. He was 54.

“We were devastated to hear that Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned while vacationing in Costa Rica,” Goldberg began. “He was just 54 years old. He first became a pop culture icon as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show. And generations of Americans are feeling this loss because he was like everybody’s brother.”

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, former star of The Cosby Show, has died in an apparent drowning off the coast of Costa Rica, according to local authorities. The 54-year-old was on a family trip when he drowned in the ocean, the Associated Press reported on Monday.