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 has died.

Jake Larson, a beloved World War II veteran and social media star known as "Papa Jake" who captivated millions with his stories, has died. He was 102 years old. Papa Jake died "peacefully and was even cracking jokes til the very end," his granddaughter Mckaela Larson wrote on a TikTok post Saturday.