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OK! magazine to show last photo of Jackson alive after his fatal heart attack.

LONDON - OK! magazine has paid $500,000 (£300,000) for exclusive rights to a photo of Michael Jackson taken as he lay dying while paramedics attempt to resuscitate him using CPR.

The celebrity gossip title claims the photo is the last one showing Jackson alive after his fatal heart attack.

A source told Media Hello magazine, OK!'s rival, is also running a Michael Jackson tribute issue this week, but its cover image is of the star waving goodbye in a shot taken a few years back.

Sarah Ivens, editorial director at OK!, told MediaWeek.com that she thought the dying Jackson photo would differentiate OK! from the other magazines running tribute issues this week.

Ivens said: "It's a photo that captures the surprise and the upset and the moment of this breaking news story. "I hope the cover will provoke readers. It celebrated the man, but it also does expose that he was an eccentric character who lived a very controversial life." Natmags is releasing a one-off commemorative Michael Jackson tribute magazine today. The 132-page title is entitled 'Michael Jackson - Tribute to a Legend'.