Top Earning Dead Celebrities

Forbes recently released its list of the fifteen top earning dead celebrities. The celebrities who made it on the list earned a combined $366 million from October 2010 to October 2011. The top earners and their respective annual earnings are below:

• 2. Michael Jackson (tie)—$275 million
• 2. Elvis Presley (tie)—$55 million
• 3. Marilyn Monroe—$27 million
• 4. Charles Schulz—$25 million
• 5. Elizabeth Taylor (tie)—$12 million
• 5. John Lennon (tie)—$12 million
• 7. Albert Einstein—$10 million
• 8. Theodor Geisel—$9 million
• 9. Jimi Hendrix (tie)—$7 million
• 9. Stieg Larsson (tie)—$7 million
• 9. Steve McQueen (tie)—$7 million
• 9. Richard Rodgers (tie)—$7 million
• 13. George Harrison (tie)—$6 million
• 13. Bettie Page (tie)—$6 million
• 13. Andy Warhol (tie)—$6 million

See Dorothy Pomerantz, The Top-Earning Dead Celebrities, Forbes, Oct. 25, 2011; The 15 Top-Earning Dead Celebrities, Forbes (2011).