Top-Earning Deceased Celebrity Of 2009
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by CSS in Cha-Ching$$, R.I.P.
Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has been named the Top-Earning Dead Celebrity in a new list compiled by Forbes Magazine.
In its ninth annual listing, Forbes.com said the Frenchman, considered one of the greatest designers of the 20th century has earned $350 million since passing away from brain cancer in June 2008.
Following him were Broadway composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein with $235 million, and Michael Jackson, who has clocked $90 million since his death last June. Elvis Presley was fourth with $55 million.
However, according to Matthew Miller, the editor of the list, Jackson is likely to be a bigger earner in years to come.
“He will make tens of millions because he has lucrative publishing rights and rights to all his memorabilia…”
The complete list:
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
- Michael Jackson
- Elvis Presley
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Charles Schulz
- John Lennon
- Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
- Albert Einstein
- Michael Crichton
- Jimi Hendrix
- Aaron Spelling
- Andy Warhol
