Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Widow Breaks Silence On Actor's Death With Special Announcement

The "Cosby Show" actor's widow stayed mostly out of the spotlight throughout their marriage, but publicly remembered him Friday.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow is breaking her silence on the “Cosby Show” actor’s death, nearly two months after he accidentally drowned during a vacation in Costa Rica. Malcolm-Jamal Warner was 54 years old and is survived by his daughter as well as his wife, Tenisha Warner.

“Thank you for holding us in so much love during this tender time,” she wrote on Friday on Instagram. “Tomorrow marks our anniversary — and my heart is wide open. For the first time, I’m sharing a glimpse of the love that began it all.”

“I can still hear my husband’s laugh, still feel the way he made room for every part of me — every tear, every dream,” Tenisha Warner said. “Today, in his honor, my daughter and I are launching River & Ember and officially opening The Warner Family Foundation.”

The foundation’s website explains that a “Creative Legacy Fund” named after the actor will provide scholarships for people ages 14 to 22 and start “nurturing the next generation of artists.” Malcolm-Jamal Warner was a poet and musician in addition to being an actor.

“Together we carry the legacy my husband and I began— one that nurtures children’s inner light and gives young artists the freedom to create outside the lines,” Tenisda Warner wrote Friday. “This is love, Still moving. Still making. Still carrying us forward.”