NASHVILLE – Controversial diet guru and church leader Gwen Lara and her husband, actor Joe Lara, are among seven people presumed dead after a small plane crashed into a Tennessee lake, authorities said.
The Cessna C501 was bound for Palm Beach, Florida, when it crashed on Percy Priest Lake about 3 miles from where the flight took off in Smyrna, Tennessee, authorities said. Rutherford County Fire Rescue Capt. Joshua Sanders said there appeared to be no survivors.
“Our efforts have transitioned from a rescue effort to that of a recovery effort," he said. "We are no longer ... looking for live victims at this point."
Gwen Lara, 66, was founder of the Remnant Fellowship Church and author of "The Weigh Down Diet," a program based on "helping people turn away from the love of food and toward a love of God," her website says.
