Gwen Shamblin Lara was an American author and the founder of the Christian diet program The Weigh Down Workshop. Additionally, she had also been the founder of the Remnant Fellowship Church which was founded in 1997 but completed in 2004.

She had published a book called The Weigh Down Diet which advised readers to use spirituality to avoid overeating in 1997 which sold over a million copies. Sadly, she died on May 29, 2021 at the age of 66 when her 1982 Cessna Citation 501 private jet crashed into Lake Percy Priest near Smyrna, Tennessee. Want to know more about the writer, then keep scrolling.

GWEN SHAMBLIN LARA: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, CAREER

She was born on February 18, 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America under the zodiac sign Aquarius. She has an American nationality and belongs to the American white Caucasian ethnicity, following Christianity. Shamblin did not provide information about his parents or siblings.

Regarding her education, she had earned an undergraduate degree in dietetics from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Subsequently, she attended Memphis State University from where she earned her master’s degree in food and nutrition. She then started working after signing up as a dietitian and consultant. Also, she spent her five years working at Memphis State University and five years at the Tennessee Department of Health.

In 1980, she started working as a weight control consultant, and she had also struggled with her weight during her college years. She went on to found in 1986 the weight loss program called Weigh Down Workshop without dietary restrictions, exercise regimens or weigh-ins or calorie counting. Additionally, she had founded the Remnant Fellowship Church in 1999 in Franklin, Tennessee.

GWEN SHAMBLIN LARA: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND

Regarding her private life, she has been married twice and divorced once. She was first married to her first husband named David Shamblin. They married in 1978 and remained together until 2018 when they divorced. From their married life, they had welcomed two children: Michael Shamblin and Elizabeth Hannah.

In 2018, she married her husband Joe Lara who is an actor and a model in 2018. They were together until May 2021 when they died in a jet crash. Additionally, she was criticized for using the label of Christianity when setting up her business back then.

Death:

Sadly, she died at the age of 66 on May 29, 2021 shortly after her 1982 Cessna Citation 501 private jet took off and crashed on Lake Percy Priest near Smyrna, Tennessee. However, the plane was heading to Palm Beach, Florida, with six church leaders, including her husband, Joe, and son-in-law, Brandon Hannah.

GWEN SHAMBLIN LARA: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Speaking of her income, she might have earned a nice amount of money through her work and her involvement in different businesses. She had become a bestselling author where she published a book on diets and healthy eating and also a founder of Remnant Fellowship Church. Therefore, according to sources, she had an estimated net worth of around $5 million at the time of her disappearance.

The late author was active on different social media platforms, however, we can see social media accounts even after her disappearance. She has an unverified Instagram account @gwenshamblinlara with over 4.1k followers. On Facebook, she goes through the unverified account with over 5,000 followers. It looks like his Twitter account has been deactivated.

GWEN SHAMBLIN LARA: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The beautiful lady had a slim and fit body with unknown chest, waist and hip measurements respectively. Her perfect body was 5 feet 3 inches or 1.60 meters tall with an unknown body weight. She has light blue eye color with blonde hair.