State Farm Stadium is set to host a memorial service for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk that will bring President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, high-profile Cabinet members and other Republican luminaries to Glendale.

The 11 a.m. Sept. 21 event honoring Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder who was assassinated Sept. 10 in Utah, seems on track to become the largest gathering of its kind in Arizona's history. But it is not the first major political funeral or memorial service in the state to attract national political heavyweights or media attention.

Here's a look back at some of Arizona's highest-profile political memorial services and funerals.

Barry Goldwater: June 3, 1998

Former Sen. Barry Goldwater's funeral at Arizona State University's Gammage Auditorium perhaps

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