Oct 31, 2011
Forbes List of the 15 top-earning dead celebrities:
Elizabeth Taylor $210 million
Michael Jackson $145 million
Elvis Presley $55 million
Charles Schulz (Peanuts cartoonist) $37 million
Bob Marley $17 million
John Lennon $12 million
Marilyn Monroe $10 million
Albert Einstein $10 million
Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss author) $9 million
Steve McQueen $8 million
Jimi Hendrix $7 million
Stieg Larsson (author, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series) $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 celebritys 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...
