Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor, who has died aged 54, was cast as Theo Huxtable in the sitcom The Cosby Show at the age of 13, and over the course of some 200 episodes became one of US television’s best-known teenagers.

As Theo Huxtable, Malcolm-Jamal Warner had to represent young Black men on the highest-rated show on television while still appealing to middle America, writes Dart Adams. Watching another creative Black young man made me feel like I could also achieve big things,

Keshia Knight Pulliam is breaking her silence on Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death. On Sunday, Pulliam shared a video of her Cosby Show co-star playing bass, captioning it with a tribute to the actor. “A week ago I lost my big brother but I gained an angel… I love you,” Pulliam wrote under the video, filmed at City Winery in Atlanta. “I miss you.”