Church Diet Guru Gwen Lara, Husband Joe Lara and 5 Others Dead in Tennessee Plane Crash

Gwen Shamblin Lara and Joe Lara.Photo: Gwen Lara/Instagram

A Christian diet guru, her actor husband, and five others were killed Saturday after their private jet crashed into a Tennessee lake near Nashville, according tomultiplereports.

The plane, a Cessna Citation 501, crashed into Percy Priest Lake around 11 a.m. shortly after taking off from Smyrna Airport bound for Palm Beach, Florida, NBC News reported.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash, per reports.

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According to News Channel 5, Gwen’s daughter, Elizabeth Hannah, sent out a text to other members of the Remnant Church asking for prayers following news of the crash. In the text, Hannah confirmed who was on the plane and said the aircraft “had to go down for a controlled, quick landing.”

“GOD IS IN CONTROL, and we will not stop moving forward with WHAT GOD WANTS with this church,” Hannah’s text also reportedly read.

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Gwen founded the Remnant Fellowship Church in 1999 after starting up theWeigh Down Workshop, a program that helped fellow Christians lose weight and stop drinking.

source: people.com