Invoice Cosby is reacting to the sudden dying of “The Cosby Present” alum Malcolm-Jamal Warner … and it is taking him again to a darkish time in his life — his son’s homicide.

Cosby’s rep, Andrew Wyatt, tells TMZ … when Invoice bought the decision that Warner died on trip in Costa Rica, it reminded him of being within the studio filming “The Cosby Present” in January 1997, when he bought a name informing him that his son Ennis Cosby was shot useless in a failed theft try.

Wyatt says information of Malcolm-Jamal’s dying hit him the identical approach as Ennis’ homicide … the 2 used to play collectively after they had been youthful and “had been wonderful collectively.”

We’re advised when Invoice final talked to Warner, he was excited a couple of massive live performance in Minneapolis and felt like he was altering the world.

Wyatt says Invoice’s additionally remembering the time Malcolm-Jamal visited the Cosby household property in Massachusetts and made Invoice’s kin chuckle more durable than ever.

Invoice, we’re advised, feels Malcolm-Jamal made an enduring influence together with his life and profession that may proceed to alter the world … and he says each younger man rising up within the initiatives again within the day wished to be like Warner and to have a household just like the Huxtables.

TMZ broke the story … Warner died from an unintended drowning Sunday in Costa Rica, the place he was on trip together with his daughter. He was solely 54.