Frank Mancuso Sr., Former Paramount and MGM Chief, Dies at 93
Mancuso led Paramount Pictures as chairman and CEO and later headed MGM; his family said he died at his Los Angeles home from cancer complications.
Frank Mancuso Sr., who served as chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures and later of MGM, died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 93, according to the Hollywood Reporter. His family announced that he died of complications from cancer.
Mancuso was named president of Paramount's motion picture group in January 1983. In September 1984, Martin Davis selected him to replace Barry Diller as head of the studio.
Under Mancuso, Paramount finished first at the box office in 1986 and 1987. He exited the studio in March 1991 and filed a $45 million breach of contract lawsuit, receiving a reported $20 million settlement.
In July 1993, Mancuso was named chairman and CEO of MGM, replacing Alan Ladd Jr. He remained at MGM until April 1999, when Kirk Kerkorian replaced him with Alex Yemenidjian and Chris McGurk.
Mancuso was born on July 25, 1933, in Buffalo, New York.