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The New York Yankees honored Charlie Kirk just before their game Wednesday ... remembering his life with a jumbotron message and a moment of silence.

The Yankee Stadium homage came just hours after Kirk was shot and killed while he was speaking with students and others on the Utah Valley University campus about political issues.

New York officials put up his picture on the team's centerfield scoreboard ... and added the words, "Remembering Charlie Kirk."

"Before tonight's game we held a moment of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk," the Yankees said of the tribute on their X page late Wednesday night. "Kirk founded the youth activist group 'Turning Point USA' and had become a fixture on college campuses." Gallery Launch Gallery Getty

"Charlie Kirk, a husband a

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