Top-Earning Deceased Celebrities

Kurt Cobain, former lead singer for Nirvana, has captured to top spot on the Forbes list of top-earning decedents.  See Kurt Dethrones Elvis, eonline.com, Oct. 24, 2006.

Here is the list of the hardest working dead celebrities:

1. Kurt Cobain, $50 million
2. Elvis Presley, $42 million
3. Charles Schulz, $35 million
4. John Lennon, $24 million
5. Albert Einstein, $20 million
6. Andy Warhol, $19 million
7. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), $10  million
8. Ray Charles, $10 million
9. Marilyn Monroe, $8 million
10. Johnny Cash, $8 million

Special thanks to Prof. Joel C. Dobris of the University of California-Davis for bringing this article to my attention.