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The 77th Emmy Awards’ “In Memoriam” segment opened Sunday with a tribute to “The Cosby Show” actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner .

Phylicia Rashad, the six-time Emmy nominee who played Warner’s TV mom on the series, took the stage at the Peacock Theater to speak about Warner and honor the television personalities that died this last year.

“He was a beloved teenager in an iconic television series who the world watched grow into manhood,” said Rashad, “and like all our friends and colleagues who transitioned this past year, Malcolm-Jamal Warner remains in our hearts.”

Warner, who portrayed Theo Huxtable for eight seasons on the iconic family sitcom, died in July at age 54.

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