Michael Jackson Tops List of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities
The non-stop list-makers at Forbes.com have put out yet another list of the top-earning celebrities, but these are stars who you wouldn't want to trade places with because they're all dead.
They do an annual list of 'The 13 Top-Earning Dead Celebrities' to celebrate Halloween and once again this year, Michael Jackson is #1. He's topped the list in seven of the nine years since his death in 2009.
Here's this year's Top 13 along with their estimated earnings over the past 12 months:
- Michael Jackson, $75 million. Dead since 2009.
- Arnold Palmer, $40 million. Dead since September of 2016.
- "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz, $38 million. Dead since 2000.
- Elvis Presley, $35 million. Dead since 1977.
- Bob Marley, $23 million. Dead since 1981.
- Tom Petty, $20 million. Dead since four weeks ago. Obviously, he made almost all of this money while he was still alive.
- Prince, $18 million. Dead since April of 2016.
- Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, $16 million. Dead since 1991.
- John Lennon, $12 million. Dead since 1980.
- Albert Einstein, $10 million. Dead since 1955.
- David Bowie, $9.5 million. Dead since January of 2016.
- Elizabeth Taylor, $8 million. Dead since 2011.
- Bettie Page, $7.5 million. Dead since 2008.
The celebrities that just missed the Top 13 are Muhammad Ali, Steve McQueen, Carrie Fisher, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Lee, Paul Walker, Marilyn Monroe, and James Dean.
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