Tafari Campbell, the personal chef for Barack and Michelle Obama, was found dead Monday after drowning near the pair's estate in Martha's Vineyard. He was 45.
Google Maps(MARTHA S VINEYARD, Mass.) The body of a missing paddleboarder recovered from a pond in Martha s Vineyard on Monday morning was an employee of former President Barack Obama, the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) said.
Divers for the MSP Underwater Recovery Unit retrieved the body of 45-year-old Tafari Campbell at Edgartown Great Pond.
“Tafari was a beloved part of our family. When we first met him, he was a talented sous chef at the White House creative and passionate about food, and its ability to bring people together," President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama said in a statement. "In the years that followed, we got to know him as a warm, fun, extraordinarily kind person who made all of our lives a little brighter."
The Obamas asked Campbell to continue working with them after they left the White House and he "generously agreed," they said in a statement.
"He’s been part of our lives ever since, and our hearts are broken
(MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass.) — The body of a missing paddleboarder was recovered from a pond in Martha’s Vineyard on Monday morning, the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) said. Divers for the MSP Underwater Recovery Unit retrieved the body of a 43-year-old man at Edgartown Great Pond. […]