Tafari Campbell, former US President Barack Obama’s special chief, was found dead in a lake on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. The news of his death was confirmed by the Massachusetts state authorities: the body was found by the local police. According to preliminary reports in the US media, the 43-year-old chief drowned in a lake near Obama’s residence on the exclusive island of Martha’s Vineyard. As confirmed by the police, Obama and his family were not at home when the tragedy occurred.
Former president and his wife, Michelle Obama, said in a statement that Tafari was “part of his family” and recalled meeting him while working in the White House kitchen. “We got to know him as a friendly, funny and extraordinarily kind person and made our lives a little warmer.” Alarm was sounded when authorities began searching on Sunday night, July 23, after being warned that a standing rower had disappeared. The research that later led to the discovery of Tafari Campbell’s death. It’s a tragedy that the police are investigating, aimed at illuminating the full dynamics of the accident.
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