Monday, October 25, 2010

Michael Jackson Tops Forbes' List of Dead Celebrity Earners

Michael Jackson has more last year than any celebrity, won the live other than Oprah Winfrey.

The King of Pop, who died in June 2009, made an incredible $ 275,000,000 in the last 12 months, making him - by far - on top of the Forbes list of highest paid dead celebrity.

Jackson was primarily because of more 250 million U.S. dollars worldwide box office haul of the Sony film This Is It taken.

Second on the list released Monday is Elvis Presley, who earned $ 60,000,000.

Third, there are JRR Tolkien, a combined 500,000 copies of his "The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books in which alone sold last year, although he died 37 years ago.

"Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz is the fourth, after winning $ 33,000,000, and John Lennon with 17 million U.S. dollars was fifth.

Perhaps the most surprising "celebrity" to crack the top 10, Stieg Larsson, who wrote the girl with the dragon tattoo but he died of a heart attack at the age of 50 before it is posted. The film with Daniel Craig Sony Mara and Rooney is scheduled for late next year. Larsson earned $ 15,000,000 last year.

The Forbes list at Forbes.com contains 13 names. Connection to the last digits of $ 6,000,000 each Jimi Hendrix, Steve McQueen and Aaron Spelling

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