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"The National Enquirer has sparked controversy by publishing a photo alleged to show Whitney Houston in her coffin.  The US tabloid ran on its cover a close-up image apparently depicting the late singer lying in a golden casket, accompanied by the headline: &amp;quot;Whitney: Her Last Photo.&amp;quot;   The publication also promised to relay &amp;quot;all the details&amp;quot; of her burial, claiming that she was laid to rest &amp;quot;in jewellery worth $500,000&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;wore her favourite purple dress&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;had gold slippers on her feet&amp;quot;.  The image was claimed to have been taken at Houston&amp;#039;s private viewing at the Whigham funeral home in Newark, New Jersey on February 17. No photographer has been identified.  Other media outlets and their audiences have expressed outrage at the National Enquirer for publishing the photo, with The Washington Post saying that &amp;quot;a line has been crossed&amp;quot;, Perez Hilton branding the action as a &amp;quot;tasteless, insensitive, morbid thing to do&amp;quot; and Gossip Cop saying that it &amp;quot;represents the very worst of predatory paparazzi culture&amp;quot;.   However, the tabloid&amp;#039;s publisher Mary Beth Wright defended the picture, telling Fox News that she thought it looked &amp;quot;beautiful&amp;quot;.  Los Angeles Times writer Rene Lynch also questioned the scandal, asking: &amp;quot;How different is publication of the casket photo? Houston looks elegant and peaceful in the photo. And many people take a picture of a loved one lying in a casket as a last, cherished memento. &amp;quot;Further, many media outlets have been relentless in covering every twist and turn of the Houston case - and have no doubt delved into areas that the family would prefer be left alone.&amp;quot; Houston died on February 11 at the age of 48. She was buried next to her father at a cemetery in Westfield, NJ eight days later.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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