{"id":1991198,"date":"2023-08-04T16:41:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T20:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barack-and-michelle-obama-release-separate-new-statements-on-the-death-of-their-chef\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T16:42:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T20:42:22","slug":"barack-and-michelle-obama-release-separate-new-statements-on-the-death-of-their-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barack-and-michelle-obama-release-separate-new-statements-on-the-death-of-their-chef\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack and Michelle Obama issue separate statements on chef&#8217;s passing."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fbarack-and-michelle-obama-release-separate-new-statements-on-the-death-of-their-chef%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=1991198&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>Barack and Michelle Obama Release\u2062 Separate New Statements on the Death of Their Chef<\/h2>\n<p>Former President\u2063 Barack Obama and his\u2064 wife Michelle Obama have\u2064 each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barack-and-michelle-obama-release-separate-new-statements-on-the-death-of-their-chef\/\" title=\"Barack and Michelle Obama issue separate statements on chef's passing.\">shared heartfelt messages \u2063remembering<\/a> their personal chef, who tragically passed away last month outside of \u200dtheir Martha\u2019s \u2064Vineyard house.<\/p>\n<p>Tafari Campbell, 45, served as a White House chef for the couple during Obama\u2019s tenure in the White House. After the country\u2019s 44th president left office, Campbell continued to work for them inside\u2063 their home.<\/p>\n<p>On \u200cJuly 23, Campbell went missing\u2064 while paddleboarding near the \u2062couple\u2019s massive estate. His body was found\u200b the following day by a \u2063search party led by the \u200dMassachusetts State Police, about 100 \u2063feet from the shore.<\/p>\n<p>In a touching Instagram post, Barack Obama \u2064shared a picture\u200b of Campbell and recalled him as an example of \u201ccharacter.\u201d The former\u200b president wrote, \u201cTafari Campbell \u200cshowed us what true character looks like. He believed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patagonia-donates-1-million-to-defending-democracy-dana-loesch-fires-back-patagonia-has-13-factories-in-china\/\" title=\"Patagonia Donates  Million To \u2018Defending Democracy,\u2019 Dana Loesch Fires Back. \u2018Patagonia Has 13 Factories In China\u2019\">actions speak louder<\/a> than words. And he used his immense\u200b gifts to bring people together, provide comfort, and spread joy. I\u2019ll miss him \u2062every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\">\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>  <!-- Instagram embed code -->\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Michelle Obama also shared a tribute to the late chef on Instagram. Alongside an image of herself, her husband, and Campbell, \u200bshe wrote, \u201cI will miss my\u200c friend, Tafari\u2026the emptiness is hard. But I promise \u200bto stay strong, \u2063keep living, and honor your \u2062legacy in every way possible. Rest in peace, my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\">\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>  <!-- Instagram embed code -->\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Massachusetts\u200c State\u200d Police confirmed that the Obamas\u2063 were not home when Campbell disappeared and died. They stated, \u201cMr. Campbell was employed by former President Obama and was visiting Martha\u2019s Vineyard at the time of his \u200bpassing. President and Mrs. Obama were not\u200b present\u200b at the residence at the time of the accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MSP ruled Campbell\u2019s death as an accident, \u200dbut has faced criticism\u2063 for not cooperating \u2062with requests for information on\u200c the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Obamas released \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minibubbles-in-u-s-banking-are-popping\/\" title=\"Minibubbles in U.S. Banking Are Popping\">joint statement expressing<\/a> their deep sorrow over Campbell\u2019s death. They\u2064 said, \u201cTafari was a \u200bbeloved part of our family. When we first met him, he was a talented sous \u2062chef at the White House \u2014 creative and passionate about food, and its ability \u200bto bring people together. In the years that followed, we got to know him as a warm, fun, extraordinarily kind person who made\u200d all of our lives\u2062 a little brighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/barack-michelle-obama-release-separate-new-statements-death-chef\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama paid tribute to their late personal chef, Tafari Campbell, who passed away near their Martha&#8217;s Vineyard residence. Campbell, who served as a White House chef during Obama&#8217;s presidency, continued to work for the couple after they left office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":1991199,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1991198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1991198","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\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1991198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1991198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1991198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1991198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}