Warner played Theo Huxtable for eight seasons on TV hit "The Cosby Show." Bill Cosby spoke out Monday to lament the loss of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played his TV son for eight seasons on 1980s TV hit The Cosby Show.

After Malcolm-Jamal Warner's death on July 20, PEOPLE spoke with Andrew Wyatt, a spokesperson for Bill Cosby, who played his father on 'The Cosby Show'. He shared Cosby's thoughts about Warner's sudden death and said it reminded him of his late son's murder.

Bill Cosby has compared the shock death of his TV son Malcolm-Jamal Warner to that of his own son Ennis. Warner, 54, drowned accidentally in Costa Rica on Sunday. The actor, who played Theo Huxtable in The Cosby Show, was swimming when a current pulled him deeper into the water.