Los Angeles: Whitney Houston’s family was reportedly very upset when they saw a photo of the late singer lying in the casket published on the cover of a magazine.
Sources close to the family told TMZ that the family is disgusted that the photo was printed and they have no idea how security surrounding the casket was breached. Houston’s family is confident that the photo was taken from inside the funeral home, but they have no idea who would have taken the picture.
Whitney’s mother, Cissy, has taken the publication of the photo the hardest, added the source.
Despite their disgust and outrage, Houston’s family will not investigate the matter further, reports tmz.com. Meanwhile, owner of the funeral home has denied any wrongdoing on her part or that of her staff.
Houston’s secret ‘son’ to get share in wealth: Late singer Whitney Houston’s secret “son” will get a share of her 20 million pounds-worth of fortune, according to family sources.
The pop superstar took Nick Gordon, 22, into her home in Atlanta, Georgia, as a youngster to save him from his own troubled background. Though she never adopted him formally, he called her “Mum” and was treated like her own by caring Houston, who died at 48 earlier this month.
He also became a “brother” to the singer’s 18-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina and featured in family photos.
Although Houston struggled for cash later in life as she battled debt and drug problems, she is still believed to have left an estate of around 20 million pounds, which has grown by increased record sales following her death.
Now Gordon is set to get a share, reports thesun.co.uk. A source close to the family in Atlanta said: If he is not written into her will and everything goes to Bobbi then she will make sure Nick is taken care of because it’s what her mum would have wanted and he’s like a brother.” (IANS)
