The physique of a lacking paddle boarder has been discovered close to Barack and Michelle Obama‘s Martha’s Winery residence.
Massachusetts State Police mentioned divers recovered the physique from the Edgartown Nice Pond, in keeping with a July 24 information launch. He was recognized as 45-year-old Tafari Campbell of Dumfries, Va.
On the time of his dying, Campbell was employed by the Obamas and had been visiting Martha’s Winery, in keeping with Massachusetts police. Neither the previous President nor the First Girl have been on the residence on the time of the incident, in keeping with authorities.
The Obamas mourned Campbell’s loss in a joint assertion, describing the chef as a “beloved a part of our household.”
“Once we first met him, he was a gifted sous chef on the White Home—artistic and keen about meals, and its capability to deliver folks collectively,” their assertion learn, per NBC Information. “Within the years that adopted, we received to know him as a heat, enjoyable, terribly type one that made all of our lives just a little brighter.”
