{"id":2012637,"date":"2025-09-10T22:16:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2012637"},"modified":"2025-09-10T22:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:16:20","slug":"charlie-kirk-dead-at-31-donald-trump-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charlie-kirk-dead-at-31-donald-trump-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk Dead at 31, Donald Trump Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/donald_trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0shared a tragic update to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1422330\/charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-speaking-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">shooting at Utah Valley University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong>, co-founder of conservative youth advocacy organization Turning Point USA, died Sept. 10 after he was shot while hosting an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Trump confirmed in a statement. He was 31.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,\u201d the president, who was a friend of the right-wing influencer, wrote on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115181934991844419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">Truth Social<\/a> Sept. 10.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cNo one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referencing Kirk\u2019s wife <strong>Erika Frantzve<\/strong>, with whom he shared daughter <strong>Sarah Rose<\/strong>, 3, and a 15-month-old son whose name has not been shared publicly, Trump added, \u201cMelania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His Turning Point USA organization also mourned his death in a statement to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/live-blog\/live-updates-shooting-charlie-kirk-event-utah-rcna230437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with a heavy heart that we confirm that Charles James Kirk has been murdered,&#8221; the spokesperson said in part. &#8220;We ask that everyone keep his family and loved ones in your prayers. We ask that you please respect their privacy and dignity in this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.eonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u00a0shared a tragic update to the shooting at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk, co-founder of conservative youth advocacy organization Turning Point USA, died Sept. 10 after he was shot while hosting an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Trump confirmed in a statement. He was 31. &#8220;The Great, and even Legendary, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2012638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charlie-Kirk-Dead-at-31-Donald-Trump-Says.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}