Chick-fil-A PR vice president dies of a heart attack
Chick-fil-A Vice President of Corporate Public Relations Donald A. Perry has passed away.
Ross Cathy, brother of company CEO, Dan Cathy, told WRBL News that Perry died this morning from a heart attack.
Chick-fil-A Inc. relased the following statement:
We are saddened to report the news to you that our dear friend Don Perry, vice president of public relations, passed away suddenly this morning.
Don was a member of our Chick-fil-A family for nearly 29 years. For many of you in the media, he was the spokesperson for Chick-fil-A. He was a well-respected and well-liked media executive in the Atlanta and University of Georgia communities, and we will all miss him.
Dan Cathy inflamed a rift between the gay an lesbian community and Chick-fil-A when he recently admitted to being anti-gay, saying, “guilty as charged.” Equality groups across the country have called for a boycott of the fast food chain.
I'm sure the stress of Cathy's recent comments contributed to his death. Many times these controversies have a human toll.
Interesting…
Yeppers, stress will do that to ya.
Maybe it was the cholesterol?
May want to check the name in the last paragraph.
Good catch, Jay. Thanks.
wonders if the Phelps clan will picket this funeral?
Chik-fil-A hides the grease and extremely unhealthy food under the banner of chicken is healthier. It makes Mc D's look like a health food chain.It's menu is one of the absolute worst of major chains nutritionally. It no doubt has contributed to many heart attacks.
I took my mom out to a surprise lunch yesterday at the old ZCMI center Food Court (telling her that it's somewhere she hasn't been in two decades…) and narrowly avoided going to Chick-Fil-A, put on my flustered and disgustered faces, toned down a bit, and dragged her away from sure Ice-Dream damnation to a local froyo shop.
Then the debate and argument that left at least one of us in tears began.
I have to agree with my friend Michael Jorgensen they are entitled to their opinion…agree or disagree….lets agree to disagree!
Lets agree to boycott.
I thought the other guys were the ones always praying that we'd drop dead.. sorry, had to say it.