Making More Money Than You Or I, And Not Even Alive to Enjoy It: The Top-Earning Dead Celebrities in 2011
By: DEAN R. KARAU
October 26, 2011
Maybe you can’t take it with you, but you can sure keep it rolling in. In honor of the upcoming Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead, here’s Forbe.com’s The Top-Earning Dead Celebrities for 2011:
No. 1 |
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His $275 million last year out-earned the other 12 dead celebrities combined, and even though he never made Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 list while living, last year he earned more than any star on that list except Oprah.
This year, he was the second highest-earning pop act over the past year, dead or alive, after U2.
No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 (tie) Elizabeth Taylor No. 7 No. 8 |
No. 9 (tie) Stieg Larsson Steve McQueen Richard Rodgers No. 13 (tie) Bettie Page Andy Warhol |
For a link to the Forbes article and more information on “death-defying” earnings, click here.