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

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

We are the lucky ones,” Jake Larson stated on the 81st anniversary of D-Day, among the white crosses at Omaha Beach. His ...

D-Day veteran and social media star "Papa Jake" Larson, who survived Omaha Beach in 1944, has died at 102.

Jake “Papa Jake” Larson, a 102-year-old D-Day veteran who gained 1.2 million TikTok followers sharing his World War II ...

Jake Larson, better known as ‘Papa Jake’ to his 1.2M TikTok followers, has died at 102 after spending his final years sharing ...

"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 became a beloved social media star later in life, has died at 102.

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

McKaela had heard many of Larson’s stories before they began filming them to post online, but she was struck by the new details he would remember with each telling.

McKaela had heard many of Larson’s stories before they began filming them to post online, but she was struck by the new details he would remember with each telling.