Morris Chestnut remembers Malcolm-Jamal Warner in a heartfelt tribute to PEOPLE. The actor says how he used to see himself in Warner's iconic 'Cosby Show' character Theo Huxtable.

For Black youth and teens growing up in the mid-1980s, “The Cosby Show” offered something rarely seen on television up until that time — a sitcom that placed characters who looked like them in a positive light.