Yes that is the funeral pic, in the original he is even holding a little flower. It's also the only time in his life he's ever dressed like that. I hate to be morbid, but unfortunately taking pics at funerals is not only not creepy to some it is common! I am not condoning it, because I DO think it's creepy, but I am ashamed to say that most of my relatives use funerals as 'get togethers' and 'family photo ops' and that sadly most of our pics of the entire extended family together dressed up have come from- funerals. Yes, people, even my own brother, walk around with cameras, posing people and asking them to 'smile.'
People have even asked me why I didn't bring my camera! It seems people come to funerals when they'd find excuses to avoid weddings or reunions so that's the only time they're all together and dressed up. I know, it sounds sick, but my relatives are not the only ones to do it.
Even worse, I have a couple friends whose families think it's normal and expected to take a pic of the deceased in the coffin and put it in the album with the rest of the pics!! I can't explain the horror of running across one of these while leafing through a photo album someone gave me to look at, and they think nothing of it!! Another morbid practice I have seen people do is taking pics of cars people were killed in, even posing next to them. Chills.
So what I'm saying is, though the thought of taking and posting funeral pics is weird and abhorrant to us, some people, even loving relatives of the deceased, see nothing wrong with it, so maybe some of those who took those pics had families or friends like mine and thought it was normal and no big deal. I have no idea how Bono's family feels about this and that would be the one that matters most. I don't think Echo knew it was a funeral pic, and I'm sure she meant no disrespect. Of course now that we all know it is, it's kind of taken the comedy out of it, but it was a good idea with no bad intentions.