Steve Mensch, the president of Tyler Perry Studios, died after the plane he piloted crashed in Florida, according to multiple reports.

Members of the Fort McPherson Local Redevelopment Authority say Steve Mensch, the late president of Tyler Perry Studios, was instrumental in developing hundreds of acres of the former army base in southwest Atlanta.

Tyler Perry has paid tribute to Steve Mensch, president and general manager of operations at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, after Mensch died this weekend in a small plane crash.