Steve Mensch, President and General Operations Manager of Tyler Perry Studios, died on Friday (Dec. 6) at age 62. He was killed in a plane crash in Florida.

The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida's Gulf Coast. The studio confirmed on Saturday that Steve Mensch, its 62-year-old president and general manager, had died.

Steve Mensch, the president and general manager of studio operations at Tyler Perry Studios, died in a plane crash Friday night, according to officials.