By Michelle Garcia
Originally published on Advocate.com July 27 2012 2:35 PM ET
The vice president of public relations at Chick-fil-A has passed away.
Donald Perry had a heart attack according to Ross Cathy, brother of Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy, reports WRBL News. The company has been embroiled in a national scandal, after CEO Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press that he was openly not supportive of marriage equality.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the company issued a statement Friday shortly after his death was announced.
"Don was a member of our Chick-fil-A family for nearly 29 years," the statement read. "For many of you in the media, he was a 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 miss him."
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[1] http://www.advocate.com/
[2] http://www2.wrbl.com/news/2012/jul/27/chick-fil-s-vice-president-corporate-public-relati-ar-4220290/
[3] http://www.advocate.com/business/2012/07/17/chick-fil-coo-dan-cathy-officially-comes-out-antigay
[4] http://www.ajc.com/business/chick-fil-a-public-1486023.html