Chick-fil-A Public Relations VP Dies of Heart Attack

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."