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Steve Mensch, Tyler Perry Studios president, killed in Florida plane crash


Studio confirms death of Mensch, 62, on Friday night after crash in Homosassa, about 60 miles north of Tampa

The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast. He was hired by Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting to run its studio operations, later becoming director of strategic production partnerships. “He was trying to formulate the vision for the marketplace before the Olympics and wanted a thinktank of people in the community to make Georgia competitive,” Reitz said.

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