Rasheda Williams, 46, of Detroit was about the same age as Rudy, the youngest character on "The Cosby Show" and Theo's little sister. Williams said she and others are mourning Warner's passing because of what they saw in the character he played.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor and artist who rose to fame as a child as Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died, according to a source close to the actor.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner suffered a devastating personal heartbreak with the death of his girlfriend years before he became a husband and father. The beloved Cosby Show star was at the bedside of his former girlfriend, Michelle Thomas, when she died from cancer in 1998. Warner dated Thomas, who ...