#malcolmjamalwarner

I'm still in shock and feeling sad about the sudden passing of @malcolmjamalwar. I'm sharing this beautiful ceremony hoping it brings us some sense of peace, and sending love to everyone ...

🎥✍️🏾 reposted from @butterflybearthworks We gathered today [July 24, 2025] to celebrate the life of Malcolm-Jamal Warner near the site where he drowned. His death struck us all not only because of the memories we've shared watching him light up our screens...but also because we've each found ourselves in this paradise enjoying safety, community, and healing in a way most of us have never known.

We come to the water to pray, smile, laugh, sing, surf, swim, rest, sun-bathe, and so much more. And yet, it carries a level of danger we've all been lucky enough to avoid. This past week, the ocean has been choppy and unforgiving. It hurts to know someone so gifted and dedicated to goodness was taken by it.

I give thanks to the community members who put this ceremony together, to Laurnea for sharing a beautiful song and stories of her friendship with Malcolm, and to India. Arie for selecting this healing mantra to be a part of the event honoring her friend. Samantha, Pili, Shange, Lynette, Tea, Umi, Tynasha, Kiyoko, thank you for your offerings as well. We don't know exactly how or why this happened to Malcolm, but we did what we could to ask Yemaya to protect those who swim with her here. Rest in Power Malcolm. 🕊

HOW TO ESCAPE A RIP TIDE

Never swim in water where the waves are crashing into each other diagonally creating a whirlpool when the water recedes or where you see red flags on a beach. If you feel yourself caught in a current taking you out to sea, don't fight it, relax and do your best to swim parallel to the shore.

Once you are out of the rip current, turn to face the shore and swim back, or tread water and call for help if you need to conserve your energy. Panicking and swimming against the current will only exhaust you.

Dr. AJ Austin – brilliant, uncompromising, deeply human.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner gave this role soul and fire.

🙏🏽 Rest In Peace 🙏🏽 Malcolm-Jamal Warner 🙏🏽

👼🏾 (August 18, 1970 - July 20, 2025) 👼🏾