This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

The impact of the life of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, dead at 31 from an assassin's bullet at a free speech event at a Utah college, almost certainly will surge over the coming years. What is fact is that there have been not just thousands, but tens of thousands of requests to launch local chapters of his organization already.

But for one Hollywood star, it was the words of his widow, Erika Kirk, that impacted.

Tim Allen, star of a long list of movies and television programs, wrote, "When Erika Kirk spoke the words on the man who killed her husband: 'That man … that young man … I forgive him.' That moment affected me. I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: 'I forgive the man who killed my father.'"

Allen added, "Peace be with you all."

Fox News reported the actor, who has voiced characters for Toy Story movies, starred in the Santa Clause series, the Shaggy Dog, was "Tim the Toolman Taylor" in Home Improvement and many more about which cult followings have developed, lost his father, Dick, a real estate agent, when a drunk driver's vehicle collided with his car when Allen was 11.