Barack Obama‘s personal chef found dead near former president’s home.
A personal chef for former President Barack Obama drowned in a paddle board accident near the former president’s home on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday.
Tafari Campbell, 45, was found dead in Edgartown Great Pond, near the Obama home on the island’s southern coast, by Massachusetts State Police on Monday after a fellow paddleboarder reported him missing in the water.
Despite the fact that emergency crews were unable to locate him throughout the evening, his body was eventually recovered using sonar.
Obama and his wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama, were not at home when the accident occurred.
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As Barack Obama’s personal chef was found dead near the former president’s home, Campbell worked as a sous chef at the White House during the Obama administration and was hired after the Obamas left to join their household staff.
“He’s been part of our lives ever since, and our hearts are broken that he’s gone,” the Obamas said in a statement. ‘
“Today we join everyone who knew and loved Tafari – especially his wife Sherise and their twin boys, Xavier and Savin – in grieving the loss of a truly wonderful man.”
The Obamas bought the nearly 7,000-square-foot mansion on Martha’s Vineyard from Boston Celtics owner Wycliffe Grousbeck in 2021.
The house is located next to a coastal pond that is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow barrier beach.
Barak Obama is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president of the United States.
Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004 and worked as a civil rights lawyer and university lecturer.
Celebrity Net Worth and Business Insider have both reported the former president Barak Obama’s net worth as $70 million.
