RIP Barack Obama's chef Tafari Campbell

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Just some interesting points from the article.



The sous chef was eventually hired under the George W. Bush administration, and was one of just four White House cooks asked to stay on under Obama.

During the Obama presidency, Campbell became known for brewing White House honey ale beer, using honey from Michell Obama's South Lawn garden.

'I immediately thought of the African Americans who brewed beer for Washington and Jefferson, and was pleased to see the historical arc played out through the suds,' historian Adrian Miller writes of Campbell in his book The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas.
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In one post from 2017, Campbell and Sherise could be seen in the ocean in Aruba. He captioned that picture #stillcantswim.
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Witnesses first told cops Sunday night that a man - later identified as Campbell - went underwater and then briefly reappeared as he struggled to stay afloat, before submerging again around 7.46pm.

The witness - who was not identified
- was paddle boarding on Edgartown Great Pond with Campbell.

A massive joint-agency search was launched when a 911 call was made from the Obamas' Martha's Vineyard home on Turkeyland Cove Road. The former president and first lady were not at the residence at the time.

The dispatch call said: 'Edgartown Fire and Water rescue personnel, Turkeyland Cove Road. For a 40-year-old male, possible drowning.'

In the aftermath of the call, Chief Alex Schaeffer of the Edgartown Fire Department told the Vineyard Gazette, island police and firefighters conducted door-to-door searches.

Firefighters also searched the pond's shoreline on foot.

The search efforts resumed Monday morning for the venerated chef who was last seen wearing all black without a lifejacket.

His paddle board and hat were recovered Sunday - and his body was found around 10am Monday in the eight-foot-deep waters approximately 100 feet away from shore.


Why would they do door to door searches bc son was drowning? I don't see the correlation.

He apparently couldn't swim as recently as 2017.
 

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In light of all the bodybuilders I thought it was the big Breh from the Army at first. Either way RIP.
 

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so they found his BODY in eight feet of water. it doesnt say he drowned in eight feet of water... and the Obamas werent even there at the time?

this is not a conspiracy story, just a very sad lesson to learn: wear a damn life jacket!!!
 

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Come on brehs....y'all really think that the feds would kill somebody and leave their body just behind the people who were "trying to get ride of him"? They ain't that sloppy.
 

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I can’t swim. I’ve been rafting, kayaking, jet skiing and never ever did it without a life jacket. People don’t realize how easy it is to drown. I was at the beach once and these two kids were in shallow water probably a little above their waists. No one noticed there was trouble accept the lifeguard because drowning isn’t like it’s portrayed in the movies. There’s no screaming, no wild splashing. It can happen so fast.
 
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