Conservative icon Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on Wednesday at the age of 31, was asked before he died how he wanted to be remembered.
Kirk, unsurprisingly, pointed to his faith in Jesus Christ.
“How do you wanna be remembered? … [If] everything just goes away [and] you could be associated with one thing, how would you want to be remembered?” Kirk was asked.
“I want to be remembered for courage for my faith,” Kirk responded. “That would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith in my life.”
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Charlie Kirk on how he wanted to be remembered.
Question: “How would you wanna be remembered?”
Charlie: “I wanna be remembered for courage for my faith. That that would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith in my life.” pic.twitter.com/fwBV9UVefc
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 11, 2025
Days before Kirk passed, he posted on X, “Jesus defeated death so you can live.”
Jesus defeated death so you can live.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 6, 2025
The young conservative openly and frequently discussed his Christian faith, and recently launched Turning Point USA Faith, a branch of his massively successful grassroots organization, Turning Point USA, which he founded at the age of 18.
Kirk was tragically shot dead while answering questions at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump called the late conservative a “legendary” figure.
“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” Trump wrote. “He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
Trump announced on Thursday that Kirk will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Kirk was married to his wife Erika in 2021 and had two young children. The conservative routinely gushed about being married and having kids, and encouraged young people to do the same.
A video of Kirk’s young daughter running up to him for an embrace on Fox & Friends, just weeks before his death, has gone viral online.
Charlie Kirk con su hija hace unas semanas en Fox News.
Esto me rompe particularmente ahora que tengo una hija.pic.twitter.com/Xv1nCfaFa7
— Emmanuel Rincón (@EmmaRincon) September 10, 2025