Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow confirmed her identity for the very first time as she broke her silence on the beloved actor’s death in July at age 54.

On Friday, Warner’s wife, Tenisha, shared a photo of herself and her husband beaming on their wedding day. The post, she said, came one day before they would have celebrated their eighth anniversary.

Prior to his death, the Emmy winner often said he counted his wife and his daughter as his greatest successes, but opted to keep their identities private.

“Thank you for holding us in so much love during this tender time,” Tenisha Warner wrote. “For the first time, I’m sharing a glimpse of the love that began it all. I can still hear my husband’s laugh, still feel the way he made room for every part of me — every tear, every dream.”

Along with her tribute, Tenisha also announced the launch of two partnership organizations: The Warner Family Foundation, established as a scholarship program for young artists, and River & Ember, designed to offer tools to help deepen the bond between parents and children.

“Today, in his honor, my daughter and I are launching River & Ember and officially opening The Warner Family Foundation,” Tenisha wrote. “Together we carry the legacy my husband and I began — one that nurtures children’s inner light and gives young artists the freedom to create outside the lines.”

Tenisha, a doctor of psychology, said River & Ember was born out of both her professional knowledge and personal “journey with grief and love.” It will also serve as a “continuation of the presence” Warner embodied.

“My husband believed deeply in tending not only to the inner light of children, but in ourselves,” she wrote. “The company carries forward that belief — offering stories and rituals that honor the quiet power of connection between parent and child. … I hope to offer families the same gifts he gave us: a sense of being held, and a reminder that even in life’s changing seasons, our inner light is worth tending.”

Warner was on a family vacation in Costa Rica and swimming with his 8-year-old daughter, when he got caught in a riptide and drowned on July 20. There were no lifeguards on duty at the time. Nearby surfers saw the pair struggling and managed to get them to shore, but Warner was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.

The actor was best known for playing teen Theo Huxtable on hit sitcom “The Cosby Show” from 1984 to 1992. He later led “Malcolm & Eddie,” alongside Eddie Griffin, then starred on “Reed Between the Lines” with Tracee Ellis Ross.

In more recent years, Warner starred on the Fox medical drama “The Resident” and launched the podcast series “Not All Hood,” which explored the lived experiences and identities of Black people in America.

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