"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.

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 granddaughter,

Papa Jake” Larson, a World War II D-Day veteran who catapulted to TikTok stardom with stories of the war and his fellow soldiers, has died.He was 102.