An employee of former President Obama died while paddle boarding near the family’s Martha’s Vineyard residence, state police and the Obamas say.
An employee of former President Barack Obama died while paddle boarding near the family’s Martha’s Vineyard residence, state police and the Obamas said Monday.Massachusetts State Police saidDivers recovered his body in about 8 feet of water around 100 feet from shore just before 10 a.m. Monday, state police said.“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,” they said in a statement Monday.
Then-President Bush talks with White House Chef Tafari Campbell, on the South Lawn of the White House, in 2008.When the family left the White House, they asked Campbell to stay with them, and he agreed, the Obamas said. "He’s been part of our lives ever since, and our hearts are broken that he’s gone," they said in the 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 were not at the Martha’s Vineyard residence when the accident occurred, state police said.Police were called after someone reported that a paddle boarder had gone into the water, struggled at the surface, went under and failed to resurface, police
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