Adam Sandler says he has fond memories working alongside Malcom-Jamal Warner on The Cosby Show a day after the news of his tragic death at 54. Sandler, 58, told Entertainment Tonight on Monday that he couldn’t “believe it” when he heard of The Cosby Show actor’s passing. “Malcom was so nice to me when I was on the show and we had such good times together,” he said. Sandler and Warner both starred in The Cosby Show, Warner playing Bill Cosby’s character’s son, Theodore Huxtable, and Sandler appearing as Theodore’s friend, Smitty. The Happy Gilmore actor recalled how he, Warner, and the cast would “pick up food, talk, play basketball,” as well as “hung out on the weekends and went to parties together.” He added that “Malcolm is a true great person, hilarious, smart kid and meant a lot to America.” “He was so good to me as a person, and his mom was amazing. I’m just sending my love to the family,” Sandler said. Warner died of an accidental drowning at 54-years-old while on vacation in Costa Rica with his family Sunday. Sandler started out his acting career on The Cosby Show in 1987, and has most recently starred in Happy Gilmore 2, which comes out Friday.
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