‘Cooking with Lynja’ chef dies after cancer battle at age 67: Lynn Davis amassed 17MILLION followers for her cooking videos that feature her dancing
An elderly social media influencer chef who inspired millions of people with her cooking videos has died at the age of 67.
Lynn Yamada Davis died Jan. 1 at Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey of esophageal cancer, said her daughter, Hannah Mariko Shofet.
Davis regularly shared fun and healthy cooking videos on her pages called Cooking With Lynja that she started with her youngest child, Tim Davis, during the pandemic in 2020.
The family kept her social media page active after her death as she asked for clips that had already been edited to be posted.
Cooking With Lynja became increasingly popular after a video in which she showed off some quirky dance moves while making a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. She currently has 17.4 million followers.
Elderly influencer Lynn Yamada Davis, who inspired millions of people with her cooking videos, has died at the age of 67
She died Jan. 1 at Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey of esophageal cancer, her daughter Hannah Mariko Shofet said.
Cooking With Lynja became increasingly popular after a video in which she showed off some quirky dance moves while making a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. She currently has 17.4 million followers
“My mother was my partner in crime,” said Tim, who runs the TikTok account The New York Times.
He said his mother asked him to post the funny videos they made together about a decade ago. But after he uploads the last clip involving Lynn, the account becomes inactive.
Lynn injected fun energy into her cooking videos, such as her dancing, which appealed to the younger generations.
She became a huge success on social media with her wholesome style and unique personality. Forbes included her on the 50 over 50 list in 2022.
Lynn was born in New York City, but lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey during her early years with her businessman father Tadao Yamada and homemaker mother Mabel Fujisake Yamada.
She graduated from MIT in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering before earning a master’s degree in business administration and public health in Colombia.
The mother had worked for Bell Labs, which is now AT&T Labs, and had a long telecommunications career before discovering TikTok fame.
“She had this whole chapter as a pioneering female engineer, and she was very proud of that,” her daughter Hannah said.
“She had this whole chapter as a pioneering female engineer, and she was very proud of that.”
She became a huge success on social media with her wholesome style and unique personality. Forbes included her on the 50 over 50 list in 2022
Lynn would be recognized all over the world, including Japan and Italy, where she would travel with her son
Lynn pictured with YouTube chef Nick DiGiovanni (left) and her son (right)
Lynn would be recognized all over the world, including Japan and Italy, where she would travel with her son.
Her other son, Sean Davis, plays professional soccer for the Nashville Soccer Club and he said his mother was his first coach. He added that when she visited him in Tennessee, he was often stopped by young people.
“That’s how I realized how famous she was,” he said. “People asked for pictures and I took the picture.”
She was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2019 before being diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2021.
Lynn was able to spend her final years traveling the world, eating and cooking good food and meeting new people, Sean said.
“I just think her last chapter was exactly how she wanted it to be written.”
The TikTok influencer is survived by children Tim, Sean, Hannah and Becky Steinberg, as well as her second husband Keith Davis, siblings Jay Yamada and Karen Dolce Yamada and two grandchildren.