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Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are mourning the tragic loss of their chef Tafari Campbell. The 45-year-old was found dead on July 24 near their Martha’s Vineyard summer retreat. On Wednesday, they both shared photos with Campbell, honoring his memory.A post shared by Barack Obama (@barackobama)The former president shared two photos of the chef with kind words.

Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are mourning the loss of a staff member they considered “a truly wonderful man.” Tafari Campbell, who worked as a White House sous chef and later became the Obamas‘ chef, died on Monday, July 24, in a paddle boarding accident near the Obamas’ Katama estate in Martha’s Vineyard. He was 45.The search started at 7:46 p.m. ET on Sunday when Martha’s Vineyard police and fire agencies responded to a 911 call for “a male paddle boarder who had gone into the water, appeared to briefly struggle to stay on the surface, and then submerged and did not resurface.”A post shared by Tafari Campbell (@thymeless_creations)Massachusetts State Police confirmed Campbell’s death to PEOPLE during a news release.

Barack and Michelle Obama, has died after drowning in the waters near the Obama's estate in Martha's Vineyard. He was 45.Campbell's body was discovered by divers on Monday after he was first reported missing Sunday evening, the Massachusetts police told the Police responded to reports of a missing paddleboarder, and later discovered Campbell's body «approximately 100 feet from shore at a depth of about eight feet,» according to authorities.The Obamas were not at their Martha's Vineyard residence at the time of Campbell's tragic drowning.Campbell was a former sous chef at the White House and later was hired as the former first couple's personal chef.The family released a statement following the news of Campbell's death, paying tribute and mourning the loss of their close family friend.«Tafari was a beloved part of our family.

Jaws, will soon become the police chief of the town in which the movie was made.Jaws was filmed in Oak Bluffs, a town on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts throughout 1974, and released the following year. In the film, Searle and his real-life brother Steven play two children who stage a shark hoax using a fake fin, fooling the residents of the fictional town of Amity.Searle has been a member of the town’s police force since 1985.

played two pranksters who caused mass panic on the beach after swimming into the ocean with a cardboard fin.Searle is actually a real-life native of Martha’s Vineyard, and chose not to pursue a movie career despite his role in one of the most famous films of all time. Instead, the former child actor — and son of police chief George Searle, who served on the force for 30 years, and held the top cop role from 1981 to 1995 — joined the PD in nearby Edgartown back in 1986.