Barack Obama and his spouse, Michelle Obama, are mourning the loss of their private chef Tafari Campbell after he was discovered useless on Monday, July 24.
“Tafari was a beloved part of our family,” the previous president, 61, and the previous first girl, 59, informed CNN in a joint assertion on Monday. “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. 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.”
News broke on Monday that Campbell’s physique was found by divers close to the Obama’s Katama property in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, after he was reported lacking on Sunday, July 23. He was 45.
The seek for Campbell started on Sunday night when police and hearth companies responded to a 911 name at 7: 46 p.m. ET stating that “a male paddle boarder who had gone into the water, appeared to briefly struggle to stay on the surface, and then submerged and did not resurface.”
Massachusetts Environmental Police officers recovered Campbell’s physique shortly earlier than 10 a.m. ET on Monday, in response to a press launch. Using side-scan sonar from a ship, the division positioned the late chef “approximately 100 feet from shore at a depth of about eight feet.”
The Obamas had been “not present at the residence at the time of the accident,” per the police report. However, the household was fast to sing Campbell’s praises by way of their assertion on Monday.
Campbell first crossed paths with the couple whereas serving as a sous chef on the White House throughout Barack’s presidency. He was later employed by the Obamas to remain on as their private chef after Barack left workplace. (Barack served because the forty fourth president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.)
“He’s been part of our lives ever since, and our hearts are broken that he’s gone,” Barack and Michelle informed CNN on Monday. “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 State Police Detective Unit for the Cape and Islands District and Edgartown Police are presently investigating Campbell’s loss of life.
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