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No, it was a closed casket. Before the funeral, the coffin was under heavy guard at the funeral home, to prevent unauthorized photographs. And during the ceremony, the casket remained closed. But despite the efforts of her family to have privacy, tabloid photos surfaced, claiming to show her in an open coffin at the funeral parlor; but there is no way to verify if these photos were really her or if they were photo-shopped.
NWA was thier. Dresta, Knocc Out, yella and Mc Ren carried his coffin as well.
It is difficult to answer this question accurately, because rumors have been flying (spread in the tabloids) and the family has not given an official figure. Some sources say it cost $1.2 million, but this is unlikely. Other sources say somewhere between $10,000 and $20,000, which while certainly expensive, is plausible for a celebrity's funeral. At some point, Houston's family may answer questions about the actual cost, but up to this point, they have not done so.
Only the funeral home and the family know the exact price. What one knows is that Whitney Houston's coffin was a Batesville "Millenium" casket made of premium chrome /nickel steel with a hand polished transparent gold mirror finish and 24 karat gold plated handles. Currently (in 2014) the casket has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of (around) US $ 28,000. The standard model (without gold plated handles etc.) is offered by Online retailers already at prices starting from $ 12,000. The family probably paid over $ 20,000.
in a coffin!
Whitney Houston died in her room at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills California. There was a tabloid photo that claimed to show her in her coffin, but there is no way to know if it was an actual photo or if it was photoshopped, since she had a closed casket (at her family's request) at the funeral.
Millennium casket by batesville casket company
a church truck
Although there is no Biblical nor theological reason for the way coffins enter or exit church, the tradition is that they enter and exit feet first (ie, the part of the coffin where the deceased feet are). This is the tradition, whether the coffin is carried shoulder-high, or wheeled in on a trolley (eg if the deceased was very obese). The only real exception is that of a tragic death of a baby, where the coffin (usually, especially in the UK, a small white casket) is carried in sideways by one individual - sometimes the priest, or the funeral director, or even, poignantly, the parent.
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head first
Her Batesville "Millenium" casket was made of chrome / nickel stainless steel.
No information about the condition of the body has been released to the public, although there was one tabloid photo that claimed to show her in her coffin, dressed elegantly and wearing expensive jewelry. There is no way to know whether this is an accurate photo, and her family has not commented. But it is doubtful she was buried with a wig on. More likely, the body was prepared according to the rites of her church, and placed in the casket, which remained closed throughout the service.
a church truck
"Take you out in a box" is an idiom for "murder" in that you will be carried away in a coffin.
Bier, or church truck.
Bier has a dictionary definition meaning a stand upon which a corpse or coffin is placed. The corpse or coffin will lie in state or be carried to the grave for burial.