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‘Cooking with Lynja’ star and ‘the internet’s grandma’ Lynn Yamada Davis has died


"Cooking with Lynja" star Lynn Yamada Davis, the TikTok creator known as "the internet's grandma" and beloved for her quirky, educational cooking content, Lynn Yamada Davis, the beloved TikTok star also known as "the internet's grandma," has died. She was known for her cooking content and Gen Z-style editing.

Her youngest son and co-creator of her social media channels, Tim Davis, announced his mother’s death in videos posted online on Friday. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977 with a degree in civil engineering, and then received her master’s in business administration and public health from Columbia University. Tim Davis told the New York Times that his mother asked him to continue posting unreleased content after her death, which is why her account remained active this month.

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