"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.

Jake Larson, the 102-year-old veteran who garnered over a million followers online as "Papa Jake," died over the weekend, his family confirmed.

D-Day veteran "Papa" Jake Larson, who became a beloved social media star later in life, has died at 102. Born in Minnesota in 1922, Larson enlisted underage in the National Guard, later surviving ...

World War II veteran Jake Larson, better known online as "Papa Jake," has died. The social media star, who attracted 1.2 million followers on TikTok, was 102 "years young," according to his ...

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

PARIS (AP) — D-Day veteran “Papa Jake” Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to ...

PARIS (AP) -- D-Day veteran "Papa Jake" Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy's bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to ...