
One year of life, now without a father.
Charlie Kirk, conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot on 10 September 2025 during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was 31. He is survived by his wife, Erika Frantzve Kirk, their daughter born in August 2022, and a son born in May 2024, who had just turned one at the time of his father's death.