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Hundreds gathered Sunday to pay tribute to Turning Level USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, whose memorial service drew one of many largest public turnouts for a personal citizen.
The group informed Fox Information Digital that roughly 90,000 individuals attended the service, with roughly 70,000 bringing the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, to capability.
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A picture of Charlie Kirk is projected on a display forward of his public memorial service at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2025. (Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Photos)
One other 10,000 individuals gathered on the close by Desert Diamond Enviornment, a delegated overflow venue, in accordance with estimates offered by TPUSA. Moreover, one other 10,000 individuals watched Kirk’s memorial service from close by viewing areas.
Taken collectively, the turnout underscored the occasion’s extraordinary scale.
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Individuals stand as they attend the general public memorial service for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2025. (Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Photos)
Earlier estimates offered by regulation enforcement officers positioned the attendance quantity round 200,000.
Headlined by political heavyweights, conservative media figures and non secular leaders, the memorial service ranks as one of many largest public gatherings ever organized for a personal citizen.
The service for Kirk was broadcast throughout each main U.S. tv community, in accordance with White Home Communications Director Steven Cheung.
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Giant crowds collect on the memorial service for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2025. (Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Photos)
And whereas memorials take many types, from intimate ceremonies to large public gatherings, Kirk’s service highlighted the distinctive intersection of politics, media and religion that outlined his public life.
Comparable outpourings have marked the deaths of cultural icons earlier than. Elvis Presley’s demise in 1977, for example, drew an estimated 80,000 individuals to the streets of Memphis for his funeral procession, although only some hundred had been admitted inside.
In June 2016, roughly 14,000 individuals attended a service for legendary heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Kentucky. Moreover, 1000’s extra watched just about through reside streams.
In 1968, two large providers had been held for Civil Rights chief Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, one at Ebenezer Baptist Church after which one other at Morehouse Faculty. And an estimated 150,000 individuals gathered to look at King’s funeral procession journey between the 2 places, with extra inside every venue.
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Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10 throughout an out of doors occasion at Utah Valley College. The gathering was the primary cease on TPUSA’s deliberate American Comeback Tour.
The charismatic Kirk, recognized for his signature debates on school campuses, was in the course of taking open-mic questions from a crowd of 1000’s earlier than a single shot ended his life.
Fox Information Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.
