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“Tafari [Campbell] was a beloved portion of our family. Our hearts are breached that he’s gone,” Barack and Michelle Obama said successful a connection to CNN pursuing the quality that Tafari, 45, died connected Monday (July 24) successful a paddle boarding mishap adjacent the Obamas’ property successful Martha’s Vineyard. “When we archetypal met him, helium was a talented sous cook astatine the White House — originative and passionate astir nutrient and its quality to bring radical together,” the Obamas’ connection continued. “In the years that followed, we got to cognize him arsenic a warm, fun, extraordinarily benignant idiosyncratic who made each of our lives a small brighter.”
That’s why, erstwhile we were getting acceptable to permission the White House, we asked Tafari to enactment with us, and helium generously agreed. He’s been portion of our lives ever since, and our hearts are breached that he’s gone,” the erstwhile President of the United States and First Lady added successful their statement. “Today, we articulation everyone who knew and loved Tafari — particularly his woman Sherise and their duplicate boys, Xavier and Savin — successful grieving the nonaccomplishment of a genuinely fantastic man.”
Campbell “was employed by erstwhile President Obama and was visiting Martha’s Vineyard astatine the clip of his passing,” according to a quality merchandise from Massachusetts State Police. “President and Mrs. Obama were not contiguous astatine the residence astatine the clip of the accident.” Previously, the MSP issued a connection saying that “shortly earlier 10 AM, the assemblage of the missing paddle boarder was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond by Massachusetts State Police divers. MSP Underwater Recovery Unit divers made the betterment aft the victim’s assemblage was located by Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers deploying side-scan sonar from a boat.”
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“The betterment was made astir 100 feet from enactment astatine a extent of astir 8 feet,” the statement continued. “The probe into the fatality is being conducted by the State Police Detective Unit for the Cape and Islands District and Edgartown Police.”
Campbell worked astatine the White House erstwhile the Obamas began their eight-year enactment astatine 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue. He famously brewed the White House chromatic ale beer, utilizing chromatic from Michelle’s hive located connected the White House’s South Lawn. After Barack, 61, completed his 2 terms, Campbell continued moving for the First Couple.
He is survived by his woman and their 2 boys.
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