Don Perry, the vice president of public relations for Chick-fil-A, died Friday of a heart attack, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Perry, originally from Valdosta, Georgia, joined the company in 1983, and helped launch the public relations arm of the company.
The Daily Caller reported that Chick-fil-A spokeswoman Erica M. Martinez confirmed the news Friday afternoon in a 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,” she said. “Don was a member of our Chick-fil-A family for nearly 29 years.”
Already, some on the left are celebrating his death with hateful comments left at various articles.
"The phony Christians' God passed His/Her judgement, (sic)" wrote one commenter at CBS.
"That should teack (sic) the chicken bible pusher to keep a lid on it...ha ha," wrote another.
"LOL, must have been the HAND O' DA LORD that reached down and smitted him for his bigotry! The timing is WAY too much of a coincidence!! (sic)" exclaimed one commenter.
"Guess its Gods will. (sic) Huckabee and Santorum next on Aug. 1st. Yay!" commenter "jonnyhern" wrote at the Los Angeles Times, referencing a "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" that was set up by Huckabee.
"Am I the only one that thinks the irony of this is hilarious," one person wrote at ABC News.
"Tim" called it "Kharma," and asked: "Maybe Dan Cathy will go next?" He followed that message with a "smiley" expressing happiness.
"Jenny" asked: "Is their god trying to send a message?"
"Thank you God for taking that biggot from this world before his words can hurt any of your other children, (sic)" another person wrote at ABC.
"This is too funny. Satan has called his boy home," wrote "Don."
The Huffington Post reported the news "sparked an onslaught of Twitter responses, with many linking the official's passing to the fast food company's recent controversies."
"The lord works in mysterious ways: Chick-fil-A’s public relations director dead of heart attack," tweeted one user.
"Chick-Fil-A's head of PR died of a heart attack. I'm sorry, but that's hilarious. We did it guys! We actually killed a dude," tweeted one person.
"[C]onspiracy theory: chick-fil-a killed their vp to garner sympathy amidst the backlash over their exposure as homophobes," another wrote.
Several messages on Twitter blamed the death on the stress brought about by the controversy.
"Well, I hope you guys are happy. You've killed Chick-fil-A's head of PR," one person tweeted.
"Chick-Fil-A PR guy of 29 years died of sudden Heart Attack Today... The left basically killed him," another wrote.
The Times reported that "Perry helmed the company’s official response to the controversy that erupted after Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy spoke out against gay marriage."
It was his statement that said the company plans “to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena.”
Chick-fil-A said that Perry "was a well-respected and well-liked media executive in the Atlanta and University of Georgia communities, and we will all miss him."
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family."
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Perry, originally from Valdosta, Georgia, joined the company in 1983, and helped launch the public relations arm of the company.
The Daily Caller reported that Chick-fil-A spokeswoman Erica M. Martinez confirmed the news Friday afternoon in a 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,” she said. “Don was a member of our Chick-fil-A family for nearly 29 years.”
Already, some on the left are celebrating his death with hateful comments left at various articles.
"The phony Christians' God passed His/Her judgement, (sic)" wrote one commenter at CBS.
"That should teack (sic) the chicken bible pusher to keep a lid on it...ha ha," wrote another.
"LOL, must have been the HAND O' DA LORD that reached down and smitted him for his bigotry! The timing is WAY too much of a coincidence!! (sic)" exclaimed one commenter.
"Guess its Gods will. (sic) Huckabee and Santorum next on Aug. 1st. Yay!" commenter "jonnyhern" wrote at the Los Angeles Times, referencing a "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" that was set up by Huckabee.
"Am I the only one that thinks the irony of this is hilarious," one person wrote at ABC News.
"Tim" called it "Kharma," and asked: "Maybe Dan Cathy will go next?" He followed that message with a "smiley" expressing happiness.
"Jenny" asked: "Is their god trying to send a message?"
"Thank you God for taking that biggot from this world before his words can hurt any of your other children, (sic)" another person wrote at ABC.
"This is too funny. Satan has called his boy home," wrote "Don."
The Huffington Post reported the news "sparked an onslaught of Twitter responses, with many linking the official's passing to the fast food company's recent controversies."
"The lord works in mysterious ways: Chick-fil-A’s public relations director dead of heart attack," tweeted one user.
"Chick-Fil-A's head of PR died of a heart attack. I'm sorry, but that's hilarious. We did it guys! We actually killed a dude," tweeted one person.
"[C]onspiracy theory: chick-fil-a killed their vp to garner sympathy amidst the backlash over their exposure as homophobes," another wrote.
Several messages on Twitter blamed the death on the stress brought about by the controversy.
"Well, I hope you guys are happy. You've killed Chick-fil-A's head of PR," one person tweeted.
"Chick-Fil-A PR guy of 29 years died of sudden Heart Attack Today... The left basically killed him," another wrote.
The Times reported that "Perry helmed the company’s official response to the controversy that erupted after Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy spoke out against gay marriage."
It was his statement that said the company plans “to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena.”
Chick-fil-A said that Perry "was a well-respected and well-liked media executive in the Atlanta and University of Georgia communities, and we will all miss him."
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family."
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