He was killed in mysterious circumstances when his helicopter crashed near the country's border with Yemen on 5 November 2017, hours after a major purge of the kingdom's political and business leadership.
[8] Mansour was vice chairman of Al Bayan Foundation, which builds colleges of higher education in Saudi Arabia.
[9][10] Mansour bin Muqrin died in a helicopter crash near Abha, near the border with Yemen, along with seven other officials while returning from an inspection tour, according to the Interior Ministry.
[11][12][13] His brother Faisal in a statement to Saudi newspaper Okaz denied reports that Mansour's death was suspicious.
[14] In October 2018, Middle East Eye claimed that Mansour was killed by the Tiger Squad,[15] and that he had fled the 2017 Saudi Arabian purge which began on 4 November 2017.