Within the new report obtained by the publication, police stated surfers noticed the previous youngster star and his daughter struggling and dove in to assist.

One surfer reportedly used his board to convey Warner’s daughter to security and a volunteer lifeguard pulled Warner and one other surfer to shore, the place Warner was given 45 minutes of CPR, in accordance with police.

The 54-year-old actor, who was finest recognized for his position as Theo Huxtable in The Cosby Present, died on Sunday, July 20, whereas on a household trip along with his spouse and daughter, whose names haven’t been revealed to the general public. He died close to Cocles, a seashore in Limon, Costa Rica, after getting caught by a rip present.

Each surfers survived.

Warner’s Not All Hood podcast cohost, Candace Kelley, revealed she spoke to him shortly earlier than his sudden loss of life.

“I spoke to him on Friday earlier than he left,” Kelley advised Us Weekly on Wednesday, July 23. “He wrote me this lengthy, five-paragraph electronic mail from the airplane, which is so unusual. I am like, ‘[You’re going to] Costa Rica.’ However, now that I am going again to studying it, I am very glad he did.”

In keeping with Kelley, the final electronic mail she acquired from the actor was centered on rising their podcast and the “influence on folks.”

“He had a severe dedication to his neighborhood and to his household and to his personal private legacy of what was proper from flawed to make it possible for the tropes of Black folks which were on the market that he used his energy to stamp them out,” Kelley added. “So, this electronic mail was simply speaking about, ‘All proper, let’s, form of, regroup. Let’s do it. Let’s go after this, and shift among the dynamics,’” she stated earlier than including, “We had rather a lot deliberate.”