Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned in Costa Rica while swimming with his 8-year-old daughter. Surfers intervened to help them, successfully bringing Warner's daughter to safety. A volunteer lifeguard and another surfer assisted Warner, who was later given 45 minutes of CPR on the shore. An autopsy confirmed his cause of death as accidental asphyxiation by submersion after being caught in a rip current. He was 54 years old at the time of his death near Cocles beach.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned while swimming with his 8-year-old daughter near Cocles beach, Costa Rica, after being caught by a rip current.
Surfers spotted them struggling and helped, with one surfer bringing Warner's daughter to safety and a lifeguard pulling Warner to shore.
Warner received 45 minutes of CPR but was ultimately declared dead from asphyxiation by submersion, which was ruled as accidental.
His tragic drowning occurred when he was attempting to rescue his daughter from the dangerous rip current.
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