PopGoesTheNews.com The National Enquirer is making headlines of its own this week by publishing what it claims is the body of Whitney Houston.
The superstar is shown wearing a purple dress accessorized with diamond earrings and a brooch while laying in a gold casket. The tabloid claims Houston was also wearing gold slippers.
The picture was reportedly snapped during a family wake at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, NJ. The owner of the funeral home is refusing to comment.
The controversial issue of the Enquirer goes on sale in major cities in Canada tomorrow and will be available elsewhere by Monday.
Houston died on Feb. 11 at the age of 48 in the bathroom of her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton hotel. The exact cause of her death has not yet been determined pending toxicology tests. Her funeral was held Saturday in Newark and she was buried in a private ceremony the following day.
Earlier, the Enquirer published an interview with Tina Brown, the sister of Houston's ex-husband Bobby Brown, who claims to have smoked crack with Houston.
Houston is not the first celebrity to appear dead on the front page of the Enquirer. The tabloid famously published a photo of Elvis Presley in his casket in 1977. A former editor later said the publication bought the photo from Presley's cousin Bobby Mann for $18,000.
