በኖቬምበር 1971 ቀን 24 በተሽከርካሪ አደጋ ከመሞቱ በፊት ልጁን በሃዋይ ውስጥ ብቻ አንድ ጊዜ ብቻ በ 1982 ጎብኝተው ነበር ።
He visited his son in Hawaii only once, at Christmas 1971, before he was killed in an automobile accident in 1982, when Obama was 21 years old.