Former 'Cosby Show' actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who died at age 54 while swimming in Costa Rica on July 20, was a devoted father and musician.

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.

There is part of me that I will be able to leave this earth knowing — and people knowing — that I was a good person.”

New details have emerged in the drowning death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner as the Caribbean Guard revealed why the beach where he was swimming did not have patrols.