Kid Journalist Damon Weaver Who Went Viral In 2009 for Interviewing President Obama, Dies at 23
At just 11-years-old Damon Weaver interviewed then-President Barack Obama in 2009 has passed at 23. Weaver interviewed Obama on August 11, 2009, to discuss issues that were important to the children of America. During their conversation, the pair talked about educational issues, including school lunches (with Weaver suggesting “French fries and mangoes”), bullying and what children can do make the country better.
“It was a one-in-a-lifetime experience,” Weaver sister Candace Hardy told The Palm Beach Post. “That’s the only way to describe it. … It was life-changing for him.” After his viral interview with Obama, Weaver went on to interview other high profile celebrities including Dwyane Wade, Oprah Winfrey, Samuel Jackson and others.
Weaver passed away from natural causes Hardy said. The aspiring sports journalist graduated from Royal Palm Beach High School in 2016, then Albany State University in 2020. He had plans to go back to school in the fall to continue his education in communication with hopes of covering the NFL one day.
Weaver previously credited his elementary school teacher Brian Zimmerman with giving him the interest in journalism and to land him the interview with Obama and now-President Joe Biden, who was vice president at the time. “Mr. Zimmerman thought that I’d be good on the school news crew. So he [got] me to go do a report about Joe Biden. It was my first interview,” Weaver told Time in 2009.
“Damon was the kid who ran after me in the hall to tell me he was interested,” Zimmerman told The Palm Beach Post in a 2016 interview. “And right away, I just saw the potential for the way he was on camera. You could see his personality come through. He wasn’t nervous being on camera.”
“He was loved by everyone,” Hardy told the news outlet. “No matter if it was a stranger, his mom or a family member, he was just a ball of light with so much energy. He was always positive, always had a smile on a face and he was always a joy to be around. He left an impact on a lot of people.”
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