According
to Forbes, Michael Jackson is the top earning dead celebrity, earning an
astonishing $115million this year. In his more 30 years solo career, the King
of Pop made an impressive over $1.1 billion. But it seems he has proved even
more lucrative since his death, making a further $999 billion since 2009.
The
impressive sum comes from two Cirque du Soleil shows, his own music and
publishing revenues, and his half of the Sony/ATV publishing catalogue.
Michael
Jackson's latest annual income has seen him top a list of the highest earning
dead celebrities, complied by financial magazine Forbes.
In
second place is Elvis Presley, who has made £36million, Peanuts cartoonist
Charles Schulz comes in third with £26million, while fourth place, with
£14million, goes to Bob Marley. Elizabeth Taylor rounds off the top five with
£13million.
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