Dead earners

[wellinghall]

Top-earning dead celebrities. Bold the ones whose earnings you have contributed to in the last year.

1. Michael Jackson: $275m

2. Elvis Presley: $60m
3. JRR Tolkien
4. Charles Schulz
5. John Lennon
6. Stieg Larsson: $18m
7. Dr Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
8. Albert Einstein
9. George Steinbrenner: $8m
10. Richard Rodgers
11. (tie) Jimi Hendrix: $6m
11. (tie) Steve McQueen: $6m
13. Aaron Spelling

http://www.forbes.com/2010/10/22/top-earning-dead-celebrities-business-entertainment-dead-celebs-10_land.html

(Period covered: 1 Oct 2009 to 1 Oct 2010)

Comments

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

I was just going to post "None!". I will probably contribute to Spelling's estate in the next year - I just happen not to have done so in the past 12 months.

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

Gosh. None of them.

I suspect _possibly_ I could have contributed to some of the film makers and musicians if I have been persuaded by advertising for which their estates were paid royalties.

[lanciatore.livejournal.com]

AS was said at the time by one Hollywood agent when he heard of Elvis's departing - "great career move" ;-)