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Steve Mensch, President of Tyler Perry Studios, Dies at 62

The Hollywood Reporter
Story by Christy Pina
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Top executive at Tyler Perry Studios dies in plane crash, leaving a void in the booming Georgia film industry.
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  • Steve Mensch, the president and operations manager at Tyler Perry Studios, was killed in a plane crash in Florida at age 62.
  • Mensch helped oversee the expansion of the Tyler Perry Studios lot in Atlanta, which has become one of the largest production facilities on the East Coast, with 12 sound stages and 200 acres of green space.
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Steve Mensch, Tyler Perry Studios, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Screen Entertainment Coalition
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