Not long ago I read an article about a media darling from the 1980s, named Samantha Smith. A “peace advocate” who wrote a letter to the Soviet premier, got herself invited to Moscow and parlayed it into a career. If I recall, her letter to Russia wasn’t her first letter to a world leader, and I had the impression she was handled or directed by her parents. She became a television actress and died in an airplane accident.
In any case, I guess kids are “good copy.” The out-of-the-mouths-of-babes angle.
The part where she died in an airplane accident sounds familiar. Ím not into conspiracies but it´s amazing how many of these type of activists have untimely deaths.