Whitney Houston open casket photo on tabloid cover

February 23, 2012

Pall-bearers carry casket of pop singer Houston to hearse following her funeral service at New Hope Baptist Church in NewarkLOS ANGELES, Feb 22 (TheWrap.com) – In a classy move certain to enrage fans while boosting sales, the National Enquirer has published a photo of Whitney Houston’s open casket this week. The image of the late pop diva was purportedly taken during a private viewing at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J. The exercise in sensationalism is on par with the photos of Houston’s last meal and the bathtub she died in that TMZ ran in the days immediately after her February 11 death at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. …