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Cowperson · 08-01-2004, 10:38 AM

A former editor of the National Enquirer reveals how the salacious publication got a photo of Elvis in his casket and other scoops.

Lots of money!!

The most notorious example: the Elvis Presley coffin photos. After the king of rock n' roll died in 1977, an Enquirer army invaded Memphis armed with $100,000, sparking a rampage by greedy tipsters and resulting in numerous exclusives. ''We needed just one more thing to make Mr. Pope a happy man,'' the author recalls. ''A picture of Elvis in his open casket.'' A cousin was paid $18,000 to surreptitiously snap the infamous shot. The Enquirer sold 6.7 million copies.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/enter.../9288794.htm?1c

Cowperson

08-01-2004, 10:38 AM	#1
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	A former editor of the National Enquirer reveals how the salacious publication got a photo of Elvis in his casket and other scoops. Lots of money!! The most notorious example: the Elvis Presley coffin photos. After the king of rock n' roll died in 1977, an Enquirer army invaded Memphis armed with $100,000, sparking a rampage by greedy tipsters and resulting in numerous exclusives. ''We needed just one more thing to make Mr. Pope a happy man,'' the author recalls. ''A picture of Elvis in his open casket.'' A cousin was paid $18,000 to surreptitiously snap the infamous shot. The Enquirer sold 6.7 million copies. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/enter.../9288794.htm?1c Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous