Michael Jackson is STILL the Top-Earning Dead Celebrity
I was just telling my friend how massive of a song Thriller is in honor of Halloween. Then I see this!
Forbes.com has released its annual list of the 13 top-earning DEAD celebrities. MJ holds on to the #1 spot. He’s topped the list in nine of the eleven years since his death in 2009. He brought in $60 million which is down from $400 million which was due to the sale of his stake in EMI Music Publishing to Sony.
Here’s the rest of the list:
2. Elvis Presley, $39 million. Dead since 1977.
3. “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz, $38 million. Dead since 2000.
4. Arnold Palmer, $30 million. Dead since 2016.
5. Bob Marley, $20 million. Dead since 1981.
6. Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, $19 million. Dead since 1991.
7. John Lennon, $14 million. Dead since 1980.
8. Marilyn Monroe, $13 million. Dead since 1962.
9. Prince, $12 million. Dead since 2016.
10. Nipsey Hussle, $11 million. He died just this past March.
11. XXXTentacion, $10 million. He died in June of last year.
12. Whitney Houston, $9.5 million. Dead since 2012.
13. George Harrison, $9 million. Dead since 2001.
Three people from last year’s Top 13, didn’t make the cut this year: Hugh Hefner, Muhammad Ali, and Bettie Page.
