Oct 31, 2011
Forbes’ List of the 15 top-earning dead celebrities:
Michael Jackson — $170 million
Elvis Presley — $55 million
Marilyn Monroe — $27 million
Charles Schulz (Peanuts cartoonist) — $25 million
Elizabeth Taylor — $12 million
John Lennon — $12 million
Albert Einstein — $10 million
Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss author) — $9 million
Jimi Hendrix — $7 million
Stieg Larsson (author, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series) — $7 million
Steve McQueen — $7 million
Richard Rodgers (song writer) - $7 million
George Harrison — $6 million
Bettie Page (pinup girl, B-movie actress) — $6 million
Andy Warhol — $6 million
Tracking The Dead List of Stars and Money
Forbes compiles the list each October for the previous 12 months, and to make the list, a dead celebrity must have made at least $6 million during that time. Forbes compiles data from agents, attorneys and other sources to estimate each celebrity’s gross earnings.
Celebrity Wills and Trusts of Famous People
Such as:
Elizabeth Taylor, Dennis Hopper, Heath Ledger, Thomas Jefferson, Conrad Hilton, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Mark Twain, Linda McCartney, Michael Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., Farrah Fawcett, President John F Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Walt Disney, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Anna Nicole Smith, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Jackie O Kennedy, President Richard Nixon, Princess Diana, Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, James Brown, more...
