OK! magazine has defended its use of a photograph of what the publication describes as Michael Jackson’s “final moments” on the cover of its tribute issue.
Editorial director Sarah Ivens said the image “captures the surprise and the upset and the moment of this breaking news story”.
But Michael’s fans have already launched an online petition against the cover, which it alleges is “a violation of the basic rights of human beings”.
The picture shows Jackson being given CPR in the back of an ambulance as he lies dead or dying.
It is accompanied by the caption ‘In Loving Memory’.
OK! is believed to have paid around $500,000 for the cover image, which Ivens said she hoped would “provoke readers”.
“It celebrated the man, but it also does expose that he was an eccentric character who lived a very controversial life,” she added.
The online petition against the picture’s publication had received 207 signatures at the time of writing.
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