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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Blanco and Io Dodds

Tafari Campbell: What we know about Obama chef and loving husband who died paddleboarding in Martha’s Vineyard

Tafari Campbell via Instagram

The search for a missing paddleboarder near the Obamas’ mansion in Martha’s Vineyard ended in tragedy when a dead body in the water was identified as the family’s longtime personal chef.

On Monday 24 July, Massachusetts police named Tafari Campbell, 45, from Virginia, as the man who had perished the previous evening while paddleboarding on Edgartown Great Pond, a large costal pool connected to the Atlantic Ocean.

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