The WWII veteran who garnered a large following on TikTok was 'cracking jokes till the very end,' his granddaughter McKaela ...

Mr. Larson, the last survivor of a unit that stormed Omaha Beach in 1944, shared his memories on social media where he ...

Jake Larson, the World War II veteran and social media star known as “Papa Jake,” has died, his granddaughter posted on his ...

TikTok star "Papa Jake" Larson, who planned the Normandy invasion and survived D-Day, passed away at 102 after sharing his ...

On July 17, 2025, Papa Jake passed away peacefully at his home in Lafayette, California, at the age of 102. His granddaughter ...

"Our beloved Papa Jake has passed away on July 17th at 102 years young," McKaela Larson, Papa Jake's granddaughter, wrote in ...

D-Day veteran "Papa Jake" Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy's bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million ...

World War II veteran Jake Larson — known to his 1.2 million TikTok followers as " Papa Jake " — has died at age 102. His ...

World War II veteran and TikTok star dies aged 102 - Beloved D-Day veteran was known fondly on the Internet as ‘Papa Jake’ ...

D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy's bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million ...

D-Day veteran "Papa" Jake Larson, who became a beloved social media star later in life, has died at 102.

Papa Jake Larson survived the D-Day Landings and the Battle of the Bulge and carried his generation's story into the social ...