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The body of Tafari Campbell was recovered July 24, 2023 after a search for a missing paddleboarder began on Sunday. Campbell was a personal chef to the Obama family. (Credit: WhiteHouse.Gov)

EDGARTOWN, Mass. — The Massachusetts medical examiner has ruled the drowning death of former President Barack Obama’s personal chef Tafari Campbell an accident.

The body of Tafari Campbell was recovered July 24, 2023 after a search for a missing paddleboarder began on Sunday. Campbell was a personal chef to the Obama family. (Credit: WhiteHouse.Gov)
The body of Tafari Campbell was recovered July 24, 2023 after a search for a missing paddleboarder began on Sunday. Campbell was a personal chef to the Obama family. (Credit: WhiteHouse.Gov)

Campbell, 45, drowned on July 24 while paddle boarding in Edgartown Great Pond near the Obama family’s home near Martha’s Vineyard, according to the Massachusetts State Police.

According to a statement from the Obama’s, Campbell was employed by the Obama’s after working at the White House.

Campbell, of Dumfries, Virginia was visiting Martha’s Vineyard when the accident occurred. The Obamas were not present at the home at the time of the accident.

Campbell is survived by a wife and two children.