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

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

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

## Legendary D-Day Veteran “Papa Jake” Larson Passes Away at 102 ...

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

Papa Jake” Larson, a World War II D-Day veteran who catapulted to TikTok stardom with stories of the war and his fellow ...

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

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

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

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

D-Day veteran and TikTok star, 'Papa Jake' Larson, known for sharing WWII stories to his 1.2 million followers, has died at ...

D-Day veteran "Papa Jake" Larson, who survived German gunfire in the June 1944 Normandy landings and went on to garner 1.2 ...