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Joe Lara, who was known for playing Tarzan in the early 1990s television series 'Tarzan: The Epic Adventures' died Saturday in a plane crash with his wife, Gwen, and five other people.
He was 58 years old.
Rutherford County Fire Rescue Capt. John Ingle said in a statement Sunday that recovery efforts were ongoing at Percy Priest Lake near Smyrna, Tenn. He said efforts also were focused on examining a half-mile-wide debris field in the lake.
County officials identified the victims in a news release late Saturday as Brandon Hannah, Gwen S. Lara, William J. Lara, David L. Martin, Jennifer J. Martin, Jessica Walters and Jonathan Walters, all of Brentwood, Tennessee. Their names were released after family members had been notified.
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Gwen Shamblin Lara founded the Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood in 1999 and wrote a faith-based weight loss book. She and Joe were married for nearly three years.
Actor Joe Lara was among seven people killed in a small plane crash on Saturday in Tenn. (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
The Federal Aviation Administration said the Cessna C501 plane was heading from nearby Smyrna Rutherford County Airport to Palm Beach International Airport when it crashed Saturday morning. Authorities did not release registration information for the plane.
Smyrna is located about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Nashville. Percy Priest Lake is a reservoir created by the J. Percy Priest Dam. It is a popular spot for boating and fishing.
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"With dive teams in the water, we are strongly urging civilian boaters to stay away from the public safety boats," Ingle said.
The National Transportation Safety Board had a lead investigator at the site.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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