Overview

• Phylicia Rashad opened the Emmy Awards' In Memoriam segment with a tribute to her former TV son, saying Malcolm-Jamal Warner "remains in our hearts."
• Lainey Wilson and Vince Gill performed "Go Rest High on That Mountain" as the Emmys honored television figures lost in the past year, including Warner.
• Tenisha Warner announced the Warner Family Foundation and River & Ember in her first public message since his death, outlining scholarships and seasonal toolkits for parents and children.
• Officials have characterized Warner’s July death in Costa Rica as an accidental drowning at age 54, with no indication of foul play reported in the coverage.
• Warner appears posthumously in Issa Rae’s Seen & Heard documentary, reflecting on his Cosby Show audition in one of his final on-camera interviews.