Tarzan star Joe Lara dies in plane crash at 58

Joe Lara, his wife Gwen Shamblin and five others, died in a plane crash near Nashville. Joe starred in the popular TV show Tarzan: The Epic Adventures.

Joe Lara, the star of TV’s Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, died Saturday (May 29) with his wife and five others in the crash of a small jet near Nashville, authorities said. He was 58. A Cessna C501 plunged into Percy Priest Lake near Smyrna, Tennessee, after taking off from Smyrna Rutherford County Airport at about 11 am, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. Authorities did not release registration information for the plane, which was headed to Palm Beach International Airport in Florida. Rutherford County rescue crews were at the scene of the crash late Saturday and planned to work through the night, Rutherford County Fire Rescue Capt. Joshua Sanders said at a news conference. He indicated that there were no survivors.