Article originally appeared on thepostmillennial.com.
The 43-year-old man who drowned while paddleboarding off the Edgardtown coast of Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday has been identified as the personal chef to Barack and Michelle Obama.
Tafari Campbell was a White House chef before coming on in the personal employ of the Obamas after President Obama left office in 2017.
Divers recovered his body just before 10 am from Edgartown Great Pond, on which the Obama family’s $12 million mansion lies.
In the past, Campbell wrote the words ‘still can’t swim,’ in the form of a hashtag on an Instagram post.
Another social media post showed the chef swimming, and seemingly doing so decently:
“Massachusetts State Police said Campbell was from Dumfries, Va., and ‘was visiting Martha’s Vineyard at the time of his passing. President and Mrs. Obama were not present at the residence at the time of the accident,'” the Chicago Sun Times reported.
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