By Steve Gorman and Helen Coster

(Reuters) -U.S. right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was part of a constellation of influencers who helped amplify Republican President Donald Trump’s agenda, galvanizing conservative youth and rising to international prominence with often inflammatory rhetoric focused on such issues as race, gender and immigration.

Kirk, an Illinois native who co-founded the conservative student group Turning Point USA at the age of 18 and went on to become a rising star in the Republican Party under Trump, had just returned to the United States from an overseas speaking tour when he was shot to death on Wednesday. He was 31 years old.

The shooting came as Kirk, the president of Turning Point, was addressing a large outdoor crowd on the Utah Valley University camp

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