Kid reporter who interviewed Obama at White House dies at 23

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The student reporter who gained national acclaim when he interviewed former Pres. Barack Obama at the White House in 2009 has died of natural causes, his family says.

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, Damon Weaver, 10, walks in a park near his home in Pahokee, Fla. Weaver who gained national acclaim when he interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House in 2009 has died of natural causes, his family says. Weaver was 23 when he died May 1, 2021 his sister, Candace Hardy, told the Palm Beach Post.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The student reporter who gained national acclaim when he interviewed PresidentDamon Weaver was 23 when he died May 1, his sister, Candace Hardy, told the Palm Beach Post. Further details were not released. He had been studying communications at Albany State University in Georgia.

Weaver was 11 when he interviewed Obama for 10 minutes in the Diplomatic Room on Aug. 13, 2009, asking questions that focused primarily on education. He covered school lunches, bullying, conflict resolution and how to succeed.

 

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My thoughts and prayers are with the family. 🙏

I’m sorry for this family’s loss but dying at 23 is not “natural”.

Who will replace him, Jim Acosta ?

Damn! RIP

Prayers to all of the family!!🙏🙏

What do you mean by he died from natural causes¿I'm curious

Uh ok. And?

Barack Hussein Obama*

Who in the hell dies of natural causes at 23?

Very sad

Sad..

Literally never heard of him

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