Carolyn Whigham leads pallbearers to the hearse following funeral services for Whitney Houston at the New Hope Baptist Church.
*The owner of the Newark, NJ funeral home that handled Whitney Houston ‘s services has denied any direct link to the photograph of the singer in her coffin published by the National Enquirer.
The decision has been roundly criticized as a tasteless move by the tabloid, but the unidentified person who actually snapped the photo is denounced as even more despicable. The owner of Whigham Funeral Home says they have nothing to do with it.
“I’m going to answer you as the (family’s) publicist told me to answer you: We have no comment. But it was not the funeral home,” Carolyn Whigham told the Chicago Tribune.
Carolyn Whigham outside of the Whigham Funeral Home
While the publication of the photograph has upset many, still, folks are buying the issue out of curiosity. Diana Moss of Chicago was interviewed after shelling out $3.79 for a copy” “I normally don’t buy these, but she was curious to see (Houston’s photo).”
Elsewhere, Fox News reported that the publisher of the National Enquirer has said that she thought the photo was “beautiful.”
Something seems strange about this whole thing. As usual.
I’m so disgusted.
Well somebody leaked the damn photo!
Of course they, the Funeral Home Director and her staff are going to deny taking the picture. Who ever did it is a low down, dirty, insensitive, disgusting, money hungry, sneaky liar. I hope that it is revealed whom ever took the picture and that they are exposed. I am sure that the National Enquirer will make millions upon millions from the sale of that RAG! They are as disgusting as it comes when it comes to the media. I imagine that there are some people who have an idea as to who took this pic and sold it. I do hold the Funeral Home owners responsible. They are responsible for the remains of a person from the time they receive it until the person is buried. So, they are responsible regardless of who took the picture, they should have know that the media would be more than willing to pay a hefty price for the photo and it was their responsibility to see that no pictures were taken without the family giving permission. So with that said bottom line is that the Funeral Home Owners are the ones responsible regardless. They were negligent in their duties to protect the body and the family!
Trust!!! What done in the dark will come to the light. God will reveal it.
Hope they can’t sleep @ night ugh!!!
Upon turning the TV late that fateful Saturday evening and hearing of Whitney’s death, I was broken-hearted and being one of her biggest fans, I was devastated. When a family member showed me a printout of the National Inquirer’s front cover for this week showing Whitney laying in her casket, I just couldn’t look at it. For the picture to be on the front cover of a newspaper for all of the world to see is just downright disgusting and disrespectful to Whitney as a human being, a black woman and as one of the Greatest Entertainers of Our Time. I don’t recall seeing a photo on the front cover of any major newspaper of Amy Winehouse or Elizabeth Taylor laying dead in an open casket. So I do not care how much money was paid to the funeral home or to the security guards protecting her body, respect and common courtesy should have been given. In addition, it appears that when our black entertainers die, especially in the case of Whitney and Michael Jackson, the media just celebrated their death – Like they are glad they are dead. And probably the music industry is glad they are dead because with them out of the way, they can put a lot today’s artists (many who are only half as talented) on top. It takes 10 of today’s so-called top artists to accomplished what Michael and Whitney accomplished. All I hope is that Whitney’s soul and spirt rest in peace and that the family take good care of her daughter because Whitney’s fans, like myself, will make sure that her music lives on.