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.

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.

Gwen Shamblin Lara founded Remnant Fellowship after the success of her Weigh Down Workshop weightloss program. A year after her death, her presence is still heavily felt as the church recovers.

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.

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 ...