Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s friend Candace Kelley is looking back on her fond memories and moments with the late star. “On average, Malcolm and I would text every other day and speak once or twice a week,” Kelley exclusively told Us Weekly of Warner on Wednesday,

Journalist and professor Candace Kelley, who hosted the Not All Hood (NAH) podcast with the late 'Cosby Show' actor, opens up to PEOPLE about her memories of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, calling him a man who was hilarious,

This week has stunned the world of celebrity. Four major names—Ozzy Osbourne, Hulk Hogan, Chuck Mangione, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner—died within four days. Each loss came unexpectedly in different places and under unique circumstances.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner was notoriously private about his personal life in recent years, but that wasn’t always the case. The actor, who tragically died from an accidental drowning during a family vacation to Costa Rica on July 20, had several high-profile romances with actress girlfriends before settling down to become a family man.

Anthony Mackie recalls Malcolm-Jamal Warner's reaction after he sported Theo Huxtable's Gordon Gartrell shirt from "The Cosby Show" on "The Tonight Show."