{"id":2008658,"date":"2023-08-22T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T00:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-examiner-makes-ruling-in-death-of-obamas-personal-chef\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T20:15:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T00:15:21","slug":"medical-examiner-makes-ruling-in-death-of-obamas-personal-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-examiner-makes-ruling-in-death-of-obamas-personal-chef\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical examiner determines cause of death for Obama&#8217;s personal chef."},"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\">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%2Fmedical-examiner-makes-ruling-in-death-of-obamas-personal-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=2008658&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>The Tragic Accident: Obama Family&#8217;s Personal Chef Drowns<\/h2>\n<p>The Office of the Chief \u2063Medical Examiner of Massachusetts \u200cruled this week that the drowning \u2062death of the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/barack-obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a> family\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/singer-katharine-mcphee-scolds-overly-sensitive-instagram-users-outraged-over-david-foster-praising-her-post-baby-body\/\" title=\"Singer Katharine McPhee Scolds 'Overly Sensitive' Instagram Users Outraged over David Foster Praising Her Post-Baby Body\">personal chef<\/a> was an accident.<\/p>\n<p>Tafari\u2062 Campbell, 45, worked as a sous chef for Barack\u200d and Michelle Obama and was visiting Martha\u2019s Vineyard from Dumfries, Virginia, at the time of his passing,\u2064 authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Timothy McGuirk, \u200ca \u200bspokesman for\u200d the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/food\/2023\/08\/22\/tafari-campbell-drowning-death-ruling-accident\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjkyNjc2ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjk0MDU5MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTI2NzY4MDAsImp0aSI6ImVjOTBjYTQzLWU5OGMtNGY0NC1iYjMwLTM3YmNhZWQxMzViMSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9mb29kLzIwMjMvMDgvMjIvdGFmYXJpLWNhbXBiZWxsLWRyb3duaW5nLWRlYXRoLXJ1bGluZy1hY2NpZGVudC8ifQ.fsExU_dDYPrOOXArnOh60D6PSVvFR_vvrUvwxRImsFU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> \u2064The Washington Post that the \u2063chief\u200b medical examiner ruled Campbell\u2019s death an accident on Tuesday. He\u200b added that the office does not\u200b release autopsy reports\u200c to the public.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The Tragic Incident<\/h3>\n<p>Campbell allegedly was \u201cstanding\u200d on \u200bhis paddleboard when he lost his balance and \u2062fell off\u201d into \u200cthe Edgartown\u2064 Great Pond, the Boston Globe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2023\/08\/22\/metro\/obama-chefs-death-accidental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> at the time of the incident in late July. \u201cHe struggled to remain afloat before slipping beneath the water.\u200d Campbell was not \u2063wearing a life jacket and wasn\u2019t secured to his board. Campbell\u2019s body was found \u200din about 8 feet of water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police said at\u2063 the\u2064 time, \u201cA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dead-body-found-in-pond-near-obama-residence\/\" title=\"Body discovered in pond near Obama residence.\">male paddle boarder<\/a> who had\u200c gone into the water appeared to briefly struggle to \u2063stay on the surface, and then submerged and \u2062did \u200bnot resurface.\u200c \u2026 Another paddle boarder was on the pond with him at the time and observed him go under the \u2064water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After several state \u2064and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tim-kaine-stranded-for-over-21-hours-on-i-95-amid-va-snowstorm\/\" title=\"Sen. Tim Kaine Stranded for Over 21 Hours on I-95 amid VA Snowstorm\">local emergency personnel<\/a>, \u2062including the U.S. Coast Guard, \u2064arrived\u2063 on the scene, Massachusetts\u2062 State Police divers \u2063recovered Campbell\u2019s body approximately 100 feet from the shore shortly before 10 a.m. Authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mspnews.org\/post\/update-2-msp-divers-environmental-police-recover-body-of-paddle-boarder-from-edgartown-great-pond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> \u2062they located Campbell\u2019s body using a boat with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-examiner-makes-ruling-in-death-of-obamas-personal-chef\/\" title=\"Medical examiner determines cause of death for Obama's personal chef.\">attached side-scan sonar system<\/a> and aerial support from MSP and U.S. \u200bCoast Guard helicopter crews.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPresident and\u2063 Mrs. Obama were not present at the \u200dresidence at the time of the accident,\u201d Massachusetts State Police said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE \u2062TO GET \u2064THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Obama family said they are \u201cgrieving \u2062the\u2063 loss \u2062of a truly wonderful man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTafari was a beloved part of \u200cour family,\u201d\u200c the family\u200d said. \u201cWhen 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 sous chef<\/a> \u2062at the White \u200dHouse \u2014 creative and passionate about food, and its ability to bring people \u200ctogether. \u2064In the years that followed, we got to know him as a warm, fun, extraordinarily \u200bkind person who made all\u2062 of our lives\u2062 a little brighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why, when we were getting ready to leave the White \u2062House, we asked Tafari to stay with us, and \u2062he generously agreed. He\u2019s been part of \u200dour\u200d lives ever since, and our hearts \u200care broken \u2062that he\u2019s gone,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cToday we \u200bjoin\u200b everyone \u200dwho knew\u200b and \u200bloved Tafari \u2014 especially his wife Sherise and their twin boys, Xavier and Savin \u2014\u2064 in grieving the loss of \u2063a truly\u2064 wonderful man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon Drey contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that the Obama family&#8217;s chef, Tafari Campbell, died by accidental drowning. Campbell, 45, was a sous chef for Barack and Michelle Obama and was visiting Martha&#8217;s Vineyard from Dumfries, Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2008659,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2008658","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}