Posted on 08/03/2023 8:00:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Working in law enforcement is a dangerous job, as is protecting the president of the United States. Being the personal chef to the president might be a close second, as these guys keep dying under eerie circumstances. In late July, Chef Tafari Campbell drowned while paddle boarding near the Martha’s Vineyard estate of former President Barack Obama (via Associated Press):
Former President Barack Obama’s personal chef has drowned near the family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard.
Massachusetts State Police confirmed that the paddleboarder whose body was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond on Monday was Tafari Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Virginia.
Campbell was employed by the Obamas and was visiting Martha’s Vineyard. The Obamas were not present at the home at the time of the accident.
[…]
The search for the missing paddleboarder started Sunday after reports from a fellow paddleboarder that he had struggled on the surface, went under and didn’t resurface.
The search was paused late Sunday but … state police said sonar from a boat located the body about 100 feet (30 meters) from shore at a depth of about 8 feet (2.4 meters). Campbell was not wearing a life jacket, police said.
The story became one of palace intrigue due to the anonymous 911 call, the location of the Obamas at the time of the incident, and the former president’s injuries at a golf course not long after the event. He was sporting bandaged hands and a black eye. It might be a coincidence, but the drowning has sparked many conspiracy theories and accompanying fact-checks, which don’t mean anything. The liberal media destroyed the ‘fact check’ beat when weaponizing these pieces against the Trump presidency.
Barack Obama's personal chef drowned at Barack Obama's estate 🤔
TOO MANY QUESTIONS pic.twitter.com/sbnGt78u1a— Lady Di (@Lady_Di_W) July 26, 2023
Jesse Watters
We have new details in the drowning death of #Obama's personal chef. Here's what we know.
Follow @CBKNEWS121 FOR MORE UPDATES pic.twitter.com/mSxpVsYPpc— CBKNEWS (@CBKNEWS121) July 26, 2023
Like the FBI, it’s lost all credibility. If anything, it only pours more gasoline on the conspiratorial bonfire. Later, it was determined that the Obamas were on the island but not at their residence, though the emergency call log from police appeared scattered. And the freakish thing about the Campbell case is that he isn’t the first chef to die serving a former Democratic president. The Clintons personal chef, who also served the Bush White House, died in 2015. The cause of death: drowning (via NY Post):
The tragic drowning death of former White House sous chef and the Obama family’s personal chef Tafari Campbell over the weekend is sadly similar to the premature demise of another White House kitchen veteran.
Campbell’s death comes just eight years after Walter Scheib, who served as the White House Executive Chef from 1994 to 2005, was found partially submerged in a ravine in the New Mexico mountains on June 21, 2015.
The 61-year-old Scheib was first reported missing by his girlfriend on June 14, one day after he failed to return from a hike near Taos Ski Valley.
Scheib died from drowning, an autopsy later revealed.
The Culinary Institute of America graduate was appointed White House Executive Chef in 1994, after then-First Lady Hillary Clinton was wowed by his pecan-crusted rack of lamb at a West Virginia resort, according to ABC.
And now, we’ve learned that Mr. Campbell wasn’t alone the night he was paddleboarding:
The fellow paddleboarder who was with Barack and Michelle Obama’s personal chef when he drowned near their Martha’s Vineyard compound is also a staffer to the former president — and reportedly tried to save the chef from drowning.
The female staffer was with Tafari Campbell the moment the renowned chef fell off his paddleboard and into a pond before disappearing under the water, according to the Daily Mail.
The woman, whose name wasn’t revealed, tried desperately to save her colleague, but didn’t reach him in time, Massachusetts State Police previously told MassLive.
The woman then rushed back to shore, where she asked for help, with a Secret Service agent calling for emergency services from the Obamas’ estate in Edgartown, sources told the Daily Mail.
Insiders told the outlet the woman was lucid and clear and did not appear to be intoxicated.
The witness said Campbell struggled to stay afloat and wasn’t wearing a life jacket while out on the water, officials said last week.
But there’s also footage of Mr. Campbell swimming. So, why was he struggling to stay afloat? The Obama conspiracy theories are more geared toward Michelle: I’ll let you Google those on your own. The secretive Clintons, who play politics all the time, are owners of the infamous ‘body count’ theory, where many who got close to this power couple suffered untimely deaths.
The death of Obama’s personal chef, Tafari Campbell, a trained swimmer who drowned in a shallow pond outside the Obama family home while paddle boarding, is strange. What do you think really happened?
On Sunday evening, Martha’s Vineyard police and fire agencies responded to a… pic.twitter.com/XmhppWlukt— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 25, 2023
Conspiracy or not, when someone dies on the estate of a former president, there will be curiosity.
Perhaps he was writing a tell all book?
He went down “low” for the last time,,,
This is what happens when one gets too close to Chappaquiddick and associates with Dem politicians.
The most likely possibility is he was under the influence of something and could not coordinate adequately.
I’ve never paddle boarded. But I have water skied and knee boarded, at times going very fast depending on who was driving the boat.
Is falling off a paddle board that traumatic and violent that it would cause someone that knows how to swim, to become incapable of controlling themselves in the water?
Paddle boards aren’t small. Wonder what the woman was doing to ‘help’ him. All he would have had to do is grab onto her paddle board.
The tragic drowning death of former White House sous chef and the Obama family’s personal chef Tafari Campbell over the weekend is sadly similar to the premature demise of another White House kitchen veteran.
Campbell’s death comes just eight years after Walter Scheib, who served as the White House Executive Chef from 1994 to 2005, was found partially submerged in a ravine in the New Mexico mountains on June 21, 2015.
The 61-year-old Scheib was first reported missing by his girlfriend on June 14, one day after he failed to return from a hike near Taos Ski Valley.
Scheib died from drowning, an autopsy later revealed.
The Culinary Institute of America graduate was appointed White House Executive Chef in 1994, after then-First Lady Hillary Clinton was wowed by his pecan-crusted rack of lamb at a West Virginia resort, according to ABC.
Scheib eventually became known for refocusing the executive mansion’s menu on American cuisine and seasonal ingredients.
wasnt there something similiar in house of cards?
If he fell and hit his head, he could have been disoriented and thrashed until he drowned. The autopsy should reveal if there was head trauma and if so, did it match a surface on the board or paddle.
Arkancide -Obama style
Yawn. An old rehash.
There could be more to it, but the clip of him “swimming” was in a lap pool, with flippers on his feet and the rest of his body barely moving, while an instructor was positioned nearby.
The poor guy even had a “#progress!” on the clip when he posted it.
That tells you he was an adult who couldn’t swim well enough to get himself out of trouble.
Chef Boy R Ded
There is a world of difference between swimming with flipper and without flippers.
If he was that bad a swimmer, going out on a paddle board at night without a personal flotation device shows a Darwininan lack of judgement. Then again, perhaps, as a woman was involved, some sort of sexual tension might have overridden any judgement.
The story became one of palace intrigue due to the anonymous 911 call, the location of the Obamas at the time of the incident, and the former president’s injuries at a golf course not long after the event. He was sporting bandaged hands and a black eye. It might be a coincidence, but the drowning has sparked many conspiracy theories and accompanying fact-checks, which don’t mean anything. The liberal media destroyed the ‘fact check’ beat when weaponizing these pieces against the Trump presidency.
How did Obozo get the recent facial bruises?
Maybe he had a stroke or heart attack and was unable to swim.
Stroke or heart attack courtesy of the clot shot. Not cardiac arrest. With cardiac arrest you simply pass out and will not be struggling on the surface of the water.
ILLINICIDE!
We all would love IF there was MORE to this story, BUT the fact is many drunk/drugged people die all the time in and around the water in the summer.
Even people who are excellent swimmers drown sometimes within a few feet of the shore. This happened to one of my father in laws best friends in Camden Harbor, ME on an August night.
They all were experienced sailors who knew how to swim. The three of them went out to the bar. Two went back to the boat. One decided to stay for one more drink. They found him floating in the harbor the next morning 15’ from shore. He had a bruise on his head. They figured he slipped getting into the dingy. He was 52 years old.
As an FYI, all unattended deaths in MA (Outside of the larger cities) fall under the jurisdiction of the State Police. The locals will be marginally involved and any heavy lifting will be done by the MSP.
They already have the autospy report (that stuff is done in a few days.). The tox report will take 1-2 months.
This will be closed by labor day. My guess, knowing relatives in the MSP, is that it will be an accident and sealed up tight.
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