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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Lynn Sweet

Obamas’ personal chef drowns near their Martha’s Vineyard home

Tafari Campbell had been a sous chef in the White House and helped brew beer there made with honey from Michelle Obama’s garden. He went to work for the couple after Barack Obama left office. (Obama White House archives)

WASHINGTON — The body of the former White House sous chef who worked for ex-President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle was recovered Monday in the waters near their Martha’s Vineyard estate, Massachusetts police said.

Tafari Campbell, 45, known as one of the chefs who brewed White House honey ale beer while Obama was in office — using honey from Michelle Obama’s famous South Lawn garden — went to work for the former first couple when they left the White House.

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