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R.I.P. Malcolm-Jamal Warner 54 - Dies in Costa Rica

xspade7 said:
Great actor, he was our only stylist mid 80's till early 90s. Thankful to grew up on this era. RIP King
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Still in shock with this and I totally agree. You had to live that era to understand how different and special a time it was for black people in entertainment rising especially with the classicism change in tone with that show compared to something like Good Timers or even Jeffersons.

RIP brother! Thanks for the memories Theodore Huxtale.

RIP Malcolm Jamal Warner!
 
godofwine said:
Hearing about Malcolm-Jamal Warner passing away from drowning made me think about a letter I wrote to a summer program just last month thanking them for teaching me how to swim.

In 2007 I was caught in a riptide that dragged me out into the ocean and I wrote about it below. The guy running the program was the second in command when I was there 30 years ago, now he runs it himself. He had me come back and talk to the kids and tell them the story. A riptide can get you even if you know how to swim

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My name is godofwine. I am a 12-year Navy veteran who was in the National Youth Sports Program between 1991 and 1994.

I was wondering if I could come down and speak to the kids. I honestly owe my life to the National Youth Sports Program, aka NYSP.

Water is the scariest thing out there that looks innocent as hell. Twice in my life I was almost taken out by water, both times when I was in the Navy, and there were no lifeguards

Once when I was stationed in Italy, I got caught in a rip current when I was searching for seashells because I didn't want any of the tiny seashells by the beach. I got the bright idea to go farther out to get one of the big shells.

I swam down, got one The size of my hand. When I came up, I looked down and I was past the shelf. The shelf is where the ocean becomes the ocean. I can't tell you how far out. It might have been 200 yards or 500 yards, but it was far.

I looked toward the beach and the people were the size of ants, and I looked down and I saw blackness, and no sand. Regardless of how far it was, I knew that I went too far.

I put my head down and swam hard, as hard as I'd ever swam, toward the beach for 30 seconds... I went about 3 inches. Not just that, but it was still taking me back. I was still caught in it!

After a few tries, I paused, got my bearings, looked at the current. Some waves looked like they were going out toward the open ocean, and others looked like they were going in toward the beach. I remember hearing somewhere that I should be swimming diagonal.

After a couple more tries I realized how exhausting freestyle swimming is and utilized the backstroke and the dead man's float for when I got tired, or got cramped up.

I was out there for probably an hour, maybe more. I swam for a bit, arrested when I need it. The dead man's float I learned at NYSP helped me conserve my energy.

When I got to the beach, I collapsed, mouth all in the sand, the seashell prize I found had long since been forgotten, dropped somewhere in the ocean I just escaped. I vowed not to swim out that far ever again.

Water looks innocent, like it won't kill you at a moment's notice, like it won't change from good to bad in a blink of an eye or less. Water is fierce, and you won't know it until it has you and doesn't want to let go. It doesn't care that you're screaming. It doesn't care that you're crying.

I don't just thank God, I thank the teachers at NYSP, National Youth Sports Program in Cleveland. They taught me how to swim, and it's because of them I'm still alive.
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Very well written articulate story my brotha.

We're all glad you're still here with us to tell your story.

May the most high keep you safe..
 
Another childhood fixture moving on...Me and my best friend of 35+ years were literally having a conversation on Sunday about how lucky we were to make it to 50 (he'll be 50 in Nov and I just turned 49 on the 15th) and how many people our age and younger didn't make it...nothing is promised and we have to embrace every moment

RIH MJW !!
 
ansatsusha_gouki said:
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:smh: some of the comments..there always one or two

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@Im_a_49er​

29 minutes ago

Cosby should be with R Kelly.


@Imonyamomstop​

12 minutes ago
Now’s not the time. Let the man grieve.

@Im_a_49er​

7 minutes ago

@Imonyamomstop when he was with those little girls or women he drugged and raped wasn’t the time either. I’m sorry but sexual assault is a no no. He got off easy. No one especially his victims ain’t trying to hear him being sympathetic. Dudes a monster.
 
jawnswoop said:
Yes, I will be watching Cosby Show In Malcom Jamal Warner Honor.
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I just realized that Dondre Whitfield was Vanessa's boyfriend on the Cosby Show. The Cosby Show was really the jump off for so many Black actors.

I have to check out the show The Resident that MJW was on.

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ThaBurgerPimp said:
:smh: some of the comments..there always one or two

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@Im_a_49er​

29 minutes ago

Cosby should be with R Kelly.


@Imonyamomstop​

12 minutes ago
Now’s not the time. Let the man grieve.

@Im_a_49er​

7 minutes ago

@Imonyamomstop when he was with those little girls or women he drugged and raped wasn’t the time either. I’m sorry but sexual assault is a no no. He got off easy. No one especially his victims ain’t trying to hear him being sympathetic. Dudes a monster.
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I'm just glad Cosby never has to see this because people are cruel and ruthless. No need to feed into their bullshit when this has nothing to do with Cosby but the focus should be on honoring Malcolm Jamal Warner.
 
godofwine said:
I just realized that Dondre Whitfield was Vanessa's boyfriend on the Cosby Show. The Cosby Show was really the jump off for so many Black actors.

I have to check out the show The Resident that MJW was on.

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Yeah, me too.

Thanks for telling us about that as well..
 
jawnswoop said:
Easier said than done.
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No it is literally the definition of easy. 3 month old babies are taught to do it. I'm perplexed at how ya'll niggas are constantly on some nay-saying shit sometimes but bro i'm 6'1 186 lean as fuck. I havent done a proper bmi but I'm vascular as hell just sitting here. Like, you know you got low bmi when the veins in your thighs are bustin out and fam, I can dead float. Just gotta know your dead float aint gonna look like the next mf with a high body fat percentage when you are lean but as long as you can stay relaxed you will float. Literal relaxation dont tense up dont freak out. Muscle contraction pulls your muscles in towards your skeletal structure decreasing your volume and thus increases your density. Arms, shoulders, hands, everything below the surface and make an effort to try to tilt back and look to god, chin up. Bouyancy is about water displacement. Also dont completely exhale because your lungs are a ballast so keep them filled with air as much as possible.
Ballatician said:
RIP and he left his mark in history.

Sad to hear it was through drowning accident. I’m curious to know about the conditions, who was with him and how this all happened.

This is why I don’t fuck with the ocean like that even though I can swim.
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Yeah open water swimming aint shit like the pool.
 
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Gods_Debris said:
CRazy as fuck. Learn how to dead float people.
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The Dead man's float saved my life
jawnswoop said:
Easier said than done.
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meilmarc said:
Got caught in a current on my 30th bday out in the carribean. Was swimming thenI looked back towards shore and mofos was looking like ants.

I tried to swim back but wasn't going nowhere. I got tired and panicked for second, then came to my senses calmed down and swam parallel until I got out that bitch. On the way back to shore I stepped on a fucking sea urchin.

But them currents are a bitch, also drinking alcohol and getting into the ocean are super dangerous(not saying this what happened to Malcolm)

RIP
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I told a similar story and posted it earlier on this thread. Water is scary as shit. When people on the shore look like ants it was scary AF
 

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