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Tributes are being paid to American World War Two seasoned and societal media prima Jake Larson, known online arsenic 'Papa Jake', who has died astatine the property of 102.
Larson was among the Allied troops successful D-Day who attacked Nazi Germany's forces connected the beaches of bluish France successful 1944, helping to extremity WW2.
In aboriginal beingness helium embraced societal media and gained 1.2 cardinal followers connected TikTok, wherever helium shared stories to commemorate WW2 and his fallen comrades.
Three weeks agone helium co-won an Emmy Award with British-Iranian writer Christiane Amanpour for their interrogation marking past year's 80th day of D-Day.
His granddaughter McKaela Larson said connected TikTok that helium died connected 17 July but "went peacefully and was adjacent cracking jokes 'til the precise end".
"I americium truthful thankful to person shared my Papa Jake with you all. You meant the satellite to him," she told followers of his Storytime with Papa Jake TikTok account.
"As Papa would say, emotion you each the mostest," McKaela Larson added.
She asked for her household to beryllium fixed privateness but said she volition "continue to stock Papa Jake's stories and support his representation alive".
"I didn't adjacent cognize what TikTok was until my granddaughter sent it to maine 1 day," Jake Larson said erstwhile asked astir the app.
He besides served successful the US Army astatine the Battle of the Bulge successful WW2.
Before the Allied penetration of occupied France, erstwhile helium was aged 19, helium was stationed astatine Lurgan, successful Northern Ireland.
Larson visited Normandy respective times for D-Day commemorations successful caller years.
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