Top-Earning Dead Celebrities
10.29.09
Have you ever heard the phrase “having more money than you could spend in a lifetime”? Well these guys take that phrase to a whole new level.
Below is Forbes list of the 13 Top-Earning Dead Celebrities
- Yves Saint Laurent – $350 Million
- Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein – $235 Million
- Michael Jackson – $90 Million
- Elvis Presley – $55 Million
- J.R.R. Tolkien – $50 Million
- Charles Schulz – $35 Million
- John Lennon – $15 Million
- Dr. Seuss – $15 Million
- Albert Einstein – $10 Million
- Michael Crichton – $9 Million
- Jimi Hendrix – $8 Million
- Aaron Spelling – $8 Million
- Andy Warhol – $6 Million
Not bad for being 6 feet under. It looks like the common theme here is ‘intellectual property’. Whether it is books, music, or art, creative property produces residual income that lasts a lifetime forever.
