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"102岁二战老兵'网红爷爷'杰克·拉尔森安详离世！这位用TikTok讲战争故事收获120万粉丝的'最潮老兵'，生前最后时刻还在讲笑话。孙女含泪告白：'爷爷说要最爱你们所有人'——这位诺曼底登陆亲历者用短视频完成了一场跨越80年的记忆传承。"
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**WW2 veteran and TikTok star 'Papa' Jake Larson dies aged 102**
**二战老兵兼TikTok网红"杰克爷爷"逝世，享年102岁**
Tributes are being paid to American World War Two veteran and social media star Jake Larson, known online as 'Papa Jake', who has died at the age of 102.
美国二战老兵、社交媒体明星杰克·拉尔森（网友亲切称其为"杰克爷爷"）逝世，享年102岁，各界纷纷致哀。
His granddaughter McKaela Larson said on TikTok that he died on 17 July but"went peacefully and was even cracking jokes 'til the very end".
其孙女麦凯拉·拉尔森在TikTok上透露，他于7月17日安详离世，"直到最后时刻还在讲笑话"。
"I am so thankful to have shared my Papa Jake with you all. You meant the world to him," she told followers of his Storytime with Papa Jake TikTok account.
"很感恩能把爷爷的故事分享给大家，你们对他而言意味着整个世界，"她在爷爷的"杰克爷爷故事时间"账号向粉丝说道。
"As Papa would say, love you all the mostest," McKaela Larson added.
麦凯拉补充道："就像爷爷常说的，最爱你们所有人。"
She asked for her family to be given privacy but said she will"continue to share Papa Jake's stories and keep his memory alive".
她请求给予家人隐私空间，但表示会"继续分享杰克爷爷的故事，让记忆永存"。
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**In later life he embraced social media and gained 1.2 million followers on TikTok, where he shared stories to commemorate WW2 and his fallen comrades.**
**晚年他活跃于社交媒体，在TikTok拥有120万粉丝，分享二战故事纪念逝去的战友。**
"I didn't even know what TikTok was until my granddaughter sent it to me one day," Jake Larson said when asked about the app.
被问及这个平台时，杰克曾说："直到某天孙女发给我，我才知道TikTok是什么。"
Three weeks ago he co-won an Emmy Award with British-Iranian journalist Christiane Amanpour for their interview marking last year's 80th anniversary of D-Day.
三周前，他与英伊记者克里斯蒂安·阿曼普尔共同获得艾美奖，表彰他们为纪念诺曼底登陆80周年所做的访谈。
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**Larson was among the Allied troops in D-Day who attacked Nazi Germany's forces on the beaches of northern France in 1944, helping to end WW2.**
**拉尔森曾作为盟军一员参加1944年诺曼底登陆，在法国北部海滩抗击纳粹德军，为结束二战作出贡献。**
He also served in the US Army at the Battle of the Bulge in WW2.
他还曾参与二战阿登战役。
Before the Allied invasion of occupied France, when he was aged 19, he was stationed at Lurgan, in Northern Ireland.
盟军反攻被占法国前，19岁的他驻扎在北爱尔兰的卢根。
Larson visited Normandy several times for D-Day commemorations in recent years.
近年来，拉尔森多次重返诺曼底参加登陆纪念活动。
