Buffalo Businessman Mark Croce Has Died, 58 Years Old

The Buffalo business man who owns Curtiss Hotel, Chop House, Statler City and so many other businesses that has influenced Buffalo in so many ways passed away on Thursday.

A helicopter flown by Croce and his passenger Michael Capriotto, both of Orchard Park crashed in Pennsylvania around 8:30 PM yesterday. Nobody else was hurt in the accident.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are both investigating the crash.

Croce started off his business career as a deli owner in Amherst. Other businesses he started, took over, or had a hand in are The Coliseum, Sky Bar and CEO of Buffalo Development Corp.