Steve Mensch, the president and manager of general operations at Tyler Perry Studios, has been killed in a single-seater plane crash in Florida at 62, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Highway Patrol Troopers told local media they responded to the fatal crash on Friday, December 6.
The tragic incident happened on West White Dogwood Drive near the intersection of US 98 and US 19 in Homosassa.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash.
Mensch has been the head of Tyler Perry Studios since 2016, overseeing the day-to-day operations at Perry’s 300-acre studio in Atlanta.
The studio is best known for producing Perry’s Madea films such as Madea’s Big Happy Family, Madea’s Family Reunion, Madea Goes to Jail, A Madea Homecoming, A Madea Christmas and Diary of a Mad Black Woman.
Several dramatic movies and TV shows were also filmed on the lot, such as Acrimony, A Fall from Grace, Civil War, All the Qyeen’s Men and Ruthless.