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

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

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

Families in Normandy, France are getting ready to celebrate the life of Papa Jake Larson, a Minnesota native and war hero. He ...

Tributes are being paid to American World War Two veteran and social media star Jake Larson, known online as 'Papa Jake', who has died at the age of 102. Larson was among the Allied troops in D-Day ...

Beloved TikTok star 'Papa Jake' Larson died at age 102, leaving behind a legacy as a World War II veteran and inspiring ...

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

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

Jake Larson, known as 'Papa Jake,' has died. The WWII veteran shot to fame on TikTok as he shared world war stories to ...

Jake Larson, the World War II veteran and social media star known as “Papa Jake,” has died at 102.According to CNN, Larson’s ...

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

Mr Larson combined humorous anecdotes with sombre reminders about the horrors of war in his social media posts and interviews ...