US D-Day veteran and TikTok star Jake Larson dies at 102

CapeTalk’s Lester Kiewit catches up on the latest world news with Adam Gilchrist.

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‘Papa Jake’ Larson, who survived German gunfire in the June 1944 landings, has passed away at the age of 102.

The war veteran garnered 1.2 million TikTok followers from sharing his stories of the Second World War and fellow veterans.

His granddaughter took to his account to share that he "went peacefully and was even cracking jokes until the very end".

“He had many stories to tell… he always liked to sign off on his social media platform with ‘love you all the mostest’.” 

– Adam Gilchrist, World View correspondent

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