# Chick-fil-A's head of Public Relations dies suddenly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601 "2012-07-27T20:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/1 "2012-07-27T20:12:57Z")
[Story here.](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57481594/chick-fil-a-public-relations-executive-dies/) > [@](#): > > (CBS News) Chick-fil-A’s public relations head died Friday amid an ongoing controversy over the fast food chain CEO’s views on same-sex marriage. > > In a statement, Chick-fil-A announced that Don Perry, vice president of public relations, died suddenly Friday morning. Thoughts go out to his family. Hopefully it was natural causes and not suicide from the recent mess the company finds itself in. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/2 "2012-07-27T20:15:54Z")
[This story](http://www2.wrbl.com/news/2012/jul/27/chick-fil-s-vice-president-corporate-public-relati-ar-4220290/?referer=None&shorturl=http://bit.ly/SXuEWb) says it was a heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/3 "2012-07-27T20:19:40Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > [This story](http://www2.wrbl.com/news/2012/jul/27/chick-fil-s-vice-president-corporate-public-relati-ar-4220290/?referer=None&shorturl=http://bit.ly/SXuEWb) says it was a heart attack. Love now the story concluded: > [@](#): > > Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Only in Georgia. Well, probably not only in Georgia, and that’s unfortunate. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/4 "2012-07-27T20:31:09Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > [This story](http://www2.wrbl.com/news/2012/jul/27/chick-fil-s-vice-president-corporate-public-relati-ar-4220290/?referer=None&shorturl=http://bit.ly/SXuEWb) says it was a heart attack. Not exactly good PR for the company either. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/5 "2012-07-27T20:34:08Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Love now the story concluded: > > Only in Georgia. Well, probably not only in Georgia, and that’s unfortunate. Why do you think it unfortunate? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/6 "2012-07-27T20:35:57Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Hopefully it was natural causes and not suicide from the recent mess the company finds itself in. I wouldn’t guess suicide, but I’m sure his job stress had gone way up recently. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/7 "2012-07-27T20:41:27Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Why do you think it unfortunate? Because it’s their job to report the news, not engage in good old fashioned Southern Baptist praying. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/8 "2012-07-27T20:49:18Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Not exactly good PR for the company either. Sure isn’t. It’s a very unfortunate thing for all parties involved. I doubt even the most staunch opponents of CFA would see any gallows humor in this, or get any schadenfreude out of it. I’m still trying to wrap my head around how to view the situation because I really doubt it’s a coincidence, and it doesn’t strike me as ironic. It’s a sad thing for sure. I wonder how old he was. He only looks late 50’s to me. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/9 "2012-07-27T20:51:04Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Because it’s their job to report the news, not engage in good old fashioned Southern Baptist praying. The bit about “thoughts and prayers” was quoted from the Chick-Fil-A press release; it was not written by the news outlet. Admittedly, the news website didn’t do a very good job of setting the quotation off from their own text. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/10 "2012-07-27T20:53:11Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > The bit about “thoughts and prayers” was quoted from the Chick-Fil-A press release; it was not written by the news outlet. > > Admittedly, the news website didn’t do a very good job of setting the quotation off from their own text. Ach, gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/11 "2012-07-27T20:55:55Z")
Maybe god’s trying to tell Chick-fil-A something. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/12 "2012-07-27T21:10:47Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Maybe god’s trying to tell Chick-fil-A something. I wasn’t gonna go there, but I guess it’s almost inevitable. This brings up a good point though. If die hard fundies are willing to blame war dead and hurricanes on the existence of homosexuality, how could they deny such a more closely related and timely event as being potentially “a message from God”? I’m sure if it was a PR rep for a company that came out in support of gay marriage that died soon after such an announcement, they’d label it an act of God quite quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/13 "2012-07-27T21:21:13Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > [This story](http://www2.wrbl.com/news/2012/jul/27/chick-fil-s-vice-president-corporate-public-relati-ar-4220290/?referer=None&shorturl=http://bit.ly/SXuEWb) says it was a heart attack. Too much of the company’s food combined with too much dealing with the company’s politics working against his department. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/14 "2012-07-27T21:30:55Z")
Guess he’s not married to his first wife any more. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/15 "2012-07-27T21:41:16Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > The bit about “thoughts and prayers” was quoted from the Chick-Fil-A press release; it was not written by the news outlet. > > Admittedly, the news website didn’t do a very good job of setting the quotation off from their own text. I’ve heard it on news networks like ABC in event of a tragedy. In any case RIP to Mr. Perry. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/16 "2012-07-27T21:44:09Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Maybe god’s trying to tell Chick-fil-A something. > [@dnooman](#): > > I wasn’t gonna go there, but I guess it’s almost inevitable. This brings up a good point though. If die hard fundies are willing to blame war dead and hurricanes on the existence of homosexuality, how could they deny such a more closely related and timely event as being potentially “a message from God”? I’m sure if it was a PR rep for a company that came out in support of gay marriage that died soon after such an announcement, they’d label it an act of God quite quickly. Don’t forget the other all-purpose answer. “We can’t know what God’s plan is for us.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/17 "2012-07-27T21:54:35Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Maybe god’s trying to tell Chick-fil-A something. Eet mor beef? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/18 "2012-07-27T22:13:40Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Maybe god’s trying to tell Chick-fil-A something. Yeah–Gays are eeeeeeevil and they killed this poor PR-man by proxy due to stressing him out. Don’t worry though, it’s all part of The Plan. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/19 "2012-07-27T22:35:29Z")
He was [literally crushed by the homosexual steamroller](http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally). ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601/20 "2012-07-27T22:42:02Z")
What we need here is a Chick Tract explaining why all this was all destined to happened and some kinda twisted moral that makes no sense what so ever. This event could be Jack Chick’s Cistine Chapel moment ! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-as-head-of-public-relations-dies-suddenly/629601.md?page=2)