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Walter Scheib, a former White House chef, was on a hike near Taos, New Mexico, when he died.

Tafari Campbell was a sous chef at the White House during the Obama administration and stayed on with the family when they moved to private life.

The death of Tafari Campbell has parallels with that of Walter Scheib, another former White House chef who also died after drowning in a freak accident.

Twitter users have drawn parallels between Tafari Campbell's tragic death and Walter Scheib's drowning

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The unfortunate death of Tafari Campbell marks the second time in less than a decade that a former White House chef has drowned.

Walter Scheib's body was found in New Mexico in June 2015.

Police say no foul play is suspected in the death of Tafari Campbell who drowned Sunday while paddleboarding without a life vest near the Obamas' home on Martha's Vineyard.

Barack Obama's personal chef drowned earlier this week near the former president's $18 million estate on Martha's Vineyard, roughly eight years after Hillary Clinton's chef drowned while hiking in New Mexico.

“That toothsome meal arguably saved the Republic,” says the journalist, whose new book is “Dinner With the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House,” of Thomas Jefferson’s so-called Dinner Table Bargain. “The debate at Jefferson’s reverberates today.”