evidence: Fact Check: NO Evidence Obama's Chef Was Writing Tell-All Book Before 'Mysterious Death' Was the Obamas' personal chef writing a tell-all book before his "mysterious death"? No, that's not true: There is no proof shown in a video making the claim that Tafari Campbell was writing a book about the former president and first lady at the time of his death near their Martha's Vineyard home. The video purports to be from "Inside Edition" but most of the footage from the show was not included in the video posted on social media.