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"I want to be remembered for courage and for my faith … the most important thing in my life is my faith," Charlie Kirk said on a podcast last year.

The Turning Point USA founder died after he was shot Thursday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

Kirk was a significant figure who inspired hundreds of young students, encouraging them not only in their political interests, but also in leading lives guided by faith .

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Pastor Rob McCoy, co-chair of Turning Point Faith in California, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that Kirk called him his pastor, but that he prefers to be known as " his friend and greatest fan ."

"My friend Charlie Kirk was murdered today by a coward," said McC

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