Chick-fil-A's top spokesman dies

Chick-fil-A’s longtime VP for public relations passed away Friday amid a nationwide controversy over the company president’s opposition to same-sex marriage.

“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,” Chick-fil-A Inc. said in a statement.


“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,” the company added. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Perry died of a heart attack, reported Georgia’s WRBL News 3 in Georgia, where the company is headquartered.

Chick-fil-A has been protested by customers and criticized by politicians ever since President Dan Cathy said earlier this month that the chain supports “the biblical definition of the family unit.”

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