The Way Down: Who Is Gwen Shamblin? A Look At The Weigh Down Founder’s Personal Life
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The last episodes of HBO Max’s The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult will air on Thursday, April 28. But who is Gwen Shamblin, the documentary’s subject? The first three episodes focused on her rise to popularity and the creation of the Christian diet program, the final two will focus on the investigation and aftermath of Gwen Shamblin’s death in an aircraft crash in May 2021. Continue reading if you’re interested in learning more about Gwen Shamblin.
GWEN SHAMBLIN: WHO IS SHE?
Gwen Shamblin was an American author and the originator of The Weigh Down Workshop, a Christian diet program. She is well known for her weight-loss program, which was implemented in 1000 churches across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. In 1997, Gwen published The Weigh Down Christian diet. Weigh Down is described on the program’s official website as a “new faith-based method to overcome obesity.”
A LOOK AT THE PERSONAL LIFE OF THE WEIGH DOWN FOUNDER
According to Hollywood Life, Gwen Shamblin married twice. Her first marriage, to David Shamblin, took place in 1978, and she had two children with him: Elizabeth and Michael. In the documentary, Helen Byrd, a former Remnant Fellowship member, stated that David and the author “certainly did not represent all Gwen thought was right and rigorous.” She later fell in love with actor Joe Lara, who rose to fame in the 1990s as Tarzan in the television series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures. In 2018, the couple tied the knot.
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The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin Part Two is now streaming. pic.twitter.com/3Vv4HVelrj
IN 2021, GWEN SHAMBLIN KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH
Gwen Shamblin died in 2021 at the age of 66. When the plane crashed into Percy Priest Lake, the author, her husband Joe, her daughter’s husband, Brandon Hannah, and four other members of the group were flying in a private jet from Tennessee’s Smyrna Airport to Palm Beach, Florida. Joe was reportedly flying the plane at the time of the incident, according to sources. At the time of his death, he was 58 years old. The cause of the accident is yet unknown.
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