Oct 31, 2011
Forbes List of the 15 top-earning dead celebrities:
Michael Jackson — $105 million
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) — $85 million
Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) — $81 million
Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) — $81 million
The Notorious B.I.G. — $80 million
Miles Davis — $21 million
Elvis Presley — $17 million
Jimmy Buffett — $14 million
Bob Marley — $13 million
John Lennon — $12 million
Prince — $11 million
Arnold Palmer — $11 million
Kobe Bryant — $10 million
Charles Schulz — ~$35–40 million (Peanuts brand)
Freddie Mercury — ~$20–40 million (Queen catalog)
Whitney Houston — ~$10–20 million
Tupac Shakur — ~$8–15 million
Marilyn Monroe — ~$8–12 million
Muhammad Ali — ~$7–10 million
Tom Petty — ~$8–15 million
David Bowie — ~$6–12 million
George Harrison — ~$5–10 million
Aretha Franklin — ~$5–10 million
Bruce Lee — ~$5–10 million
Albert Einstein — ~$5–10 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.
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, Robin Williams, Frank Sinatra, Walt Disney, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Anna Nicole Smith, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Jackie O Kennedy, President Richard Nixon, Aretha Franklin, Princess Diana, Clark Gable, Kobe Bryant, Henry Fonda, Prince, James Brown, more...
