The personal chef of former US President Barack Obama drowned near the family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard. Massachusetts State Police recovered the body from Edgartown Great Pond on Monday and confirmed that it was Tafari Campbell.
Campbell was a talented chef at the White House and was said to be very creative and passionate about food and a warm and kind person too who had the capacity to make people’s lives brighter. As the Obamas were leaving the White House, they asked Campbell to go with them and since then, he became a part of their family.
Campbell is survived by his wife and twin sons. He was not wearing a life jacket said a report from the police.
He visited Martha’s Vineyard and the Obama family were not present at the home at the time of the accident. They are said to be heartbroken about the loss.
