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\n\tMichael Keaton paid respects to the late Charlie Kirk at Investigative Journalists and Reporters\u2019 50th anniversary gala on Monday night, while also speaking on the gun violence that took his life.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cBefore we start to get into the meat of this thing, I\u2019m going to take a minute to say that, regardless of how I probably \u2014 not probably \u2014 have disagreed with many things he said, Charlie Kirk leaves behind two kids and a wife,\u201d he said as he opened his speech. \u201cYou gotta remember that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cBecause in the end, shooting people will never answer anything, and the irony that he was killed with a gun is unbelievable,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\n\tKirk died on Sept. 10 after he was shot during an appearance at a college campus in Utah. He was 31. <\/p>\n
\n\tShortly after news broke of Kirk\u2019s shooting, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce that the young conservative activist had died. He wrote, \u201cThe Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. \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. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!\u201d<\/p>\n
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