The May 29, 2021, crash claimed the lives of Lara and his wife, Gwen Shamblin Lara, the founder of Remnant Fellowship and a popular Christian diet program. Five other Remnant leaders also died.

Lara and his wife, Gwen Shamblin Lara, the founder of Remnant Fellowship and a popular Christian diet program, died in the May 29, 2021 crash.

Lara founded Remnant Fellowship in 1999 after the success of her Weigh Down Workshop, which she created in 1986. The church's roots are "founded in the Bible-based teachings of Gwen Shamblin ...

Gwen Shamblin Lara, 66, was the author of "The Weigh Down Diet," "Rise Above: God Can Set You Free from Your Weight Problems Forever," and several other books. She also founded the Remnant Fellowship.

Dietician Gwen Shamblin Lara, her husband, actor William J. Lara, her son-in-law Brandon Hannah, and married couples Jennifer and David Martin and Jessica and Jonathan Walters, were on board the ...

Shamblin Lara, whose life was depicted in the 2021-2022 HBO Max docuseries “The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin,” became famous for founding the Brentwood, Tennessee-based ...

Lara and his wife, Gwen Shamblin Lara, the founder of Remnant Fellowship and a popular Christian diet program, died in the May 29, 2021 crash.

The crash sequence. The plane took off around 10:53 a.m. Less than two minutes after takeoff, the plane crashed about 2.7 miles away. While speaking with air traffic controllers, Joe Lara was ...