Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on the The Cosby Show dies while vacationing with his family.

The actor died while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor best known as Theodore Huxtable on the groundbreaking sitcom The Cosby Show, has died at the age of 54.

The pilot is eying a June shoot in Atlanta, sources said. A Different World followed Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) and her new classmates at Hillman College, a fictional historically Black college.

The original “A Different World,” which recently began streaming on Netflix, aired from 1987 to 1993, the first scripted series in TV history to be based at a historically Black college.

While the original series centered around Hillman, it’s unclear whether the sequel will remain set there or feature a different HBCU.

A Different World initially began as a spinoff of The Cosby Show, following Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) as she navigated life at Hillman College.

Set at the historically Black institution Hillman College, A Different World initially focused on Lisa Bonet ’s Denise Huxtable.

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