Wednesday, February 10 2010

Celebrity News & Gossip

Lucky for some: The 13 'Forbes' 2008 top-earning dead celebs

Wednesday July 22 2009

1. ELVIS PRESLEY ($52m) Graceland, royalties and merchandise make him the King.

2. CHARLES M SCHULZ ($33m) What would Charlie Brown do with all that money?

3. HEATH LEDGER ($20m) The Dark Knight made sure he was no Joker.

4. ALBERT EINSTEIN ($18m) Puts a price on Einstein's desire for the "free, unhampered exchange of ideas".

5. AARON SPELLING ($15m) His TV legacy keeps him switched on.

6. THEODOR GEISEL -- Dr Seuss -- ($12m) The Cat in the Hat makes him snug as a bug.

7. JOHN LENNON ($9m) Although the Jackson estate still has the Beatles catalogue ...

8. ANDY WARHOL ($9m) The pop artist's 15 minutes of fame are not yet up.

9. MARILYN MONROE ($6.5m) Posthumous millions are a girl's best friend.

10. STEVE McQUEEN ($6m) Somebody down here still likes the quintessential anti-hero.

11. PAUL NEWMAN ($5m) Newman actually made $120m from Newman's Own food range in this year -- but all those proceeds went to charity.

What a guy.

12. JAMES DEAN ($5m) The rebel yell still sounds after all these years.

13. MARVIN GAYE ($3.5m) What's going on? The 30th anniversary of Motown.

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