"I thought it was beautiful," Enquirer publisher Mary Beth Wright told FoxNews.com of the photograph, which went up with the headline, "Whitney: The Last Photo!" She, of course, did not disclose where they got it from.

Wright's remarks, however, were in defense of all the bashing the Enquirer took for running the picture—but the tabloid wasn't the sole target of people's animosity.

"Don't hate the National Enquirer for publishing Whitney Houston casket photo, hate on the family member/friend who sold it," tweeted Dan Gross, a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News. "I said family or friend," he further clarified. T was someone who was at the very intimate viewing. OR someone who worked there."

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