{"id":1981718,"date":"2023-07-24T20:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-chef-death-tafari-campbell-found-dead-near-familys-marthas-vineyard-estate\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T20:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T00:02:35","slug":"obama-chef-death-tafari-campbell-found-dead-near-familys-marthas-vineyard-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-chef-death-tafari-campbell-found-dead-near-familys-marthas-vineyard-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Tafari Campbell, Obama&#8217;s chef, found dead near family&#8217;s Martha&#8217;s Vineyard estate."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-chef-death-tafari-campbell-found-dead-near-familys-marthas-vineyard-estate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tragic \u200dLoss: Obama\u2062 Family&#8217;s Personal Chef Found Dead near Martha&#8217;s \u200dVineyard Estate<\/h2>\n<p>A devastating incident has occurred near the former President Barack Obama&#8217;s family estate on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard. \u200bThe lifeless \u200bbody of Tafari Campbell, \u200bthe beloved personal chef of the Obama family, was discovered \u2064on Monday. This heartbreaking news comes just one day after Campbell went missing \u200dwhile paddle boarding in Edgartown Great Pond, as reported by\u200b Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts State Police have confirmed\u2062 that Barack and Michelle\u200c Obama were not present \u2064at\u2062 the residence \u200dduring the time of Campbell&#8217;s drowning.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Remembering a Remarkable Chef<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-chef-death-tafari-campbell-found-dead-near-familys-marthas-vineyard-estate\/\" title=\"Tafari Campbell, Obama's chef, found dead near family's Martha's Vineyard estate.\">joint \u200cstatement obtained<\/a> by \u2064Fox, the Obamas expressed their deep sorrow over this tragic loss. They\u2062 shared their fond memories of Campbell, who had been an integral part of their lives \u2062since their time\u200d at \u2063the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tafari was a beloved part of our family. When we first met him, he was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-chef-found-dead-in-pond-near-residence\/\" title=\"Obama's chef discovered deceased in nearby pond.\">talented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-bear-season-two-serves-up-a-rawness-unachievable-by-most-darker-dramas\/\" title=\"'The Bear' Season Two delivers an unmatched rawness, surpassing other dark dramas.\">sous chef<\/a><\/a> at the White House \u2014 creative and \u2062passionate about food, and \u2063its 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 \u2062brighter,&#8221; the Obamas said.<\/p>\n<p>They continued, &#8220;That\u2019s why, when we were getting ready to leave the White House, we asked Tafari to\u2064 stay\u200b with us, and he generously agreed. He\u2019s\u200b been part of our lives ever since, and our hearts are broken that he\u2019s gone. Today we \u2062join everyone who\u2064 knew and loved Tafari \u2014 especially his wife Sherise\u2063 and their twin boys, Xavier and Savin \u2014 in grieving the loss of a truly wonderful man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Culinary Talent Cherished by Many<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prior to his time with the Obamas, Campbell had also served as a sous chef during the George W. Bush administration. Remarkably, out of the \u2064four chefs\u200b employed at the time of\u2062 the \u2062change in administrations in 2009, \u2063Campbell was the only one asked to stay on, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>This tragic incident has left a \u2064void in\u2064 the hearts of \u2063all who knew Tafari Campbell. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paula-deen-one-of-the-nations-first-canceled-stars-returns-to-fox\/\" title=\"Paula Deen, One Of The Nation\u2019s First \u2018Canceled\u2019 Stars, Returns To FOX\">culinary skills<\/a> and warm personality will \u2064be deeply missed by the Obama\u2062 family and those who had the \u2064privilege of crossing paths with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A body found near Barack Obama&#8217;s Martha&#8217;s Vineyard estate was identified as the family&#8217;s chef, Tafari Campbell. He went missing while paddle boarding in Edgartown Great Pond and was found dead the next day. Massachusetts State Police confirmed that Barack and Michelle Obama were not involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1981719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}