Originally Posted by
Fly-by-Wife
At least in the UK, a deceased person cannot be libeled, nor can the relatives or estate of a deceased person sue for libel. The reason being that Defamation is defined as an act or statement that damages one's reputation. The dead do not have reputations to damage (in the eyes of the law).
Only prblem I see is it's a UK tabloids reporting on a US Accident so First Ammendment might not apply. The lawyers will get rich arguing the point