The personal chef of former president Barack Obama was found dead in a "paddleboarding accident" near the family's $12 million mansion on Martha's Vineyard (which is situated at sea level, a paradox for fervent believers in the melting iceberg theory).

Massachusetts State Police confirmed that the paddleboarder whose body was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond on Monday was Tafari Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Virginia.

According to the AP, 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. In a statement, the former president and his wife, Michelle Obama, called Campbell a "beloved part of our family."

Tafari Campbell