TOP-EARNING
DEAD CELEBRITY
Since his unexpected death in June 2009, Michael Jackson ranks as the top-earning dead celebrity, according to Forbes magazine, who lists him as making an estimated $170 million this past year.Although there's been a long time since their death some people continue to earn money,that's why we can call them legends.
FORBES LIST
- Michael Jackson: $170 million
- Elvis Presley: $55 million
- Marilyn Monroe: $27 million
- Charlie Brown creator Charles Schulz: $25 million
- John Lennon (tie): $12 million
- Elizabeth Taylor (tie): $12 million
- Albert Einstein: $10 million
- Dr. Seuss creator Theodore Geisel: $9 million
- Jimi Hendrix (tie): $7 million
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo author Stieg Larsson: $7 million
- Steve McQueen: $7 million
- Songwriter Richard Rodgers: $7 million
- George Harrison (tie): $6 million
- Bettie Page: $6 million
- Andy Warhol: $6 million