they may no longer be alive but they
still probably make more in one year
than most of us will in our entire lives
his look was emulated by millions his
work one critic said was influenced by
the violence the drugs and the
diminished opportunities of an entire
generation welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten highest earning dead
celebrities in recent years her good
friend Michael Jackson has also
contributed to Taylor’s treasure chest
his gifts include this diamond bracelet
watch and this diamond necklace for this
list we’re looking at celebrities and
famous people from any industry that
have made a significant amount of money
since they’re passing these funds can
come from licensing agreements sales or
anything else that would generate a
persistent income we’re also taking a
look at the lasting legacies they’ve
left behind and how enduring their
popularity has proven to be so we aren’t
simply ranking based on numbers alone
they say normally outside of his home
there are about a half dozen vans of his
diehard fans people who actually live
out here in their vans because they want
to be close to this pop superstar all of
those people have moved over to the
hospital
number 10 Albert Einstein one of the few
if not the only celebrity theoretical
physicists of our time Albert Einstein
is known worldwide for his contributions
to quantum theory and modern physics and
therefore e equals M c-squared Oh miss
Mullins cum in his e equals mc-squared
formula is the go-to equation for making
yourself sound smart and his face is
instantly recognizable in photos even
outside of the scientific community
there’s Einstein who’s refusing even
back then to comb his hair and dressed
in we know sort of old coats and however
he feels like it already starting not to
wear socks his look earns him big bucks
as licensing company Corbis owns the
rights to his name and image so every
t-shirt with the famous Tong pose or
Baby Einstein soul goes towards his
estate his face reportedly earned him
ten million dollars in 2012 alone he put
together elements of the universe that
others had not imagined would fit
together
number nine Bruce Lee a good martial
artist does not become tense but ready
not thinking yet not dreaming known for
elevating the martial arts film to an
art and kick-starting an intense
interest for it in the West Bruce Lee
was a pop-culture icon during the early
1970s oh don’t hit back before
tragically dying in 1973 at only 32
years old Lee starred in numerous films
for which he is still being paid quite
lucrative Lee today all these years
later people still wonder about the way
he died I prefer to remember the way he
lived over 40 years after his death his
films are perhaps more popular now than
they’ve ever been and earned Lee up to
ten million dollars in 2014 now let’s
just pretend that we don’t all try to
imitate his moves when we’re alone in
front of a mirror what are you number
eight Charles M Schulz Charlie Brown is
a nice kid I’ve always said that I think
I would like to have had Charlie Brown
as a neighbor when I was small the
creative mind behind Charlie Brown and
Friends Charles Schulz is commonly
labeled as one of history’s most
significant cartoonists and every
Christmas when you watch Charlie Brown
pick out his pathetic tree you’re
watching a Sparky creation snoop is a
strange little character in that I think
he regards himself as being very
independent but we know that he really
isn’t thanks to his Peanuts characters
the late Schulz is still making a
fortune years after his death in the
year 2000 through licensing and
character rights I wish I were
sophisticated like guys you read about
his storage between 2012 and 2013 he
brought in a reported 37 million dollars
proving that the peanuts will always be
cool
everybody always you know number seven
Marilyn Monroe
the sex symbol of the 50s that needs no
introduction Marilyn Monroe’s image and
movies have remained popular over 50
years after her death baby I’m through
with love after overdosing in 1962 at
the age of 36 Monroe’s career obviously
seemed over but no one could have
predicted that her popularity would
continue and maybe even surpass her
former glory long live to your grand
Highness cheerio
metal up next Emily not with me cook in
2012 she made about 10 million dollars
from her films and her advertisements
have since become renowned companies
like Dior pay fat stacks for her
likeness and commercials which is kept
Monroe’s estate comfortable all this
time later maybe beauty isn’t fleeting
after all honey honey Hey she called me
honey ah oh honey
number 6 Bob Marley
this legend of reggae whose image was
stuck on your college dorm room wall for
years is still making vast sums of money
for his universal and highly cherished
music don’t tell me doctor heaven is
haunted here in 2012 alone Bob Marley
brought in about seventeen million
dollars from record sales and other
business ventures with his name which is
more money than most musical artists
would even dream of making while they’re
alive after being taken from us in 1981
at age 36 by cancer Marley is still
uniting the world through his music and
is arguably more popular now than he’s
ever been going to show how true
artistic genius earns longevity and
appreciation
number five Elizabeth Taylor we must not
disappoint the mighty Caesar the Romans
tell fabulous tales of my bath and
handmaidens one of the most famous
actresses of Hollywood’s golden age Liz
Taylor was world renowned for her
glamorous lifestyle her famous blue eyes
and her eight marriages that it’s
unbelievable
you bought this for yourself yeah how
nice for you say yes so good to you well
there’s nobody else around she became
the highest-earning dead celebrity of
2012 earning a mind-blowing two hundred
and ten million dollars you can be young
without money but you can’t be old
without it this was no doubt due to her
death only one year earlier from
congestive heart failure at the age of
79 which prompted the auctioning off of
her possessions increased sales of her
perfume and more as evidenced by the
vast sums of money her passionate fans
are spending it’s clear that Taylor’s
legacy will live on for a long long time
number four John Lennon
often considered one of the best singer
songwriters of all time and arguably one
of the most famous John Lennon earned
recognition for his personal life solo
career and as a prominent member of the
Beatles
like bandmate George Harrison who also
has sadly passed Lennon’s music has
earned him great sums of money after his
death he reportedly earned 12 million
dollars in record sales in 2012 and his
widow Yoko Ono is known for filing
lawsuits to preserve his legacy it’s
unclear when if ever the Beatles will
stop selling their music so expect
Lennon to be on the riches dead
celebrities list for years to come
number three Kurt Cobain
Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain changed
music forever in the early 90s and
helped to introduce grunge and teenage
angst to mainstream audiences the lead
singer of the enormous Lea popular rock
band Nirvana is dead apparently he was a
suicide at the age of 27 before his
tragic suicide in April 1994 Cobain had
already amassed a large following which
continues to grow today
in 2006 his widow Courtney Love sold a
25% stake in Nirvana’s music catalog for
fifty million dollars then there are the
royalties from songs like smells like
teen spirit that still get consistent
airplay
while his audience spreads it seems more
tragic that he never realized when an
influential figure he would become
number two Michael Jackson the second
spot goes to the King of Pop known as
the child star for his work in the
Jackson 5 Michael Jackson made headlines
across the world for his early 80s solo
work including pumping up the highest
selling album of all time riller and
it’s a very very sad news at jim array
and to all of our viewers both the Los
Angeles Times and CBS News are both now
reporting that Michael Jackson has died
after tragically passing in 2009 from
cardiac arrest Jackson’s music once
again skyrocketed in popularity
in fact three years after his passing he
ended up earning 145 million dollars
thanks to his record sales his 50% stake
in the Sony ATV publishing catalog and
more it’s safe to say that the king
reigned supreme
even in death
Oh
I’m here
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions mom I
just once I want to do something right
and I don’t want you to run away from me
again
number one Elvis Presley and now the
king of rock and roll himself Elvis
Presley made waves with his upbeat
rocking music in the 1950s
is suspicious
with a popularity that even rivaled the
Beatles he has become the highest
selling solo artist in history selling
an estimated 600 million copies of his
albums even now more than 30 years after
his death
Elvis’s music is still outselling even
the hottest artists of today
you lie
in 2012 he earned fifty five million
dollars thanks to its songs income from
tickets to the SIP de Soleil show Viva
Elvis and Graceland but we guess that’s
what happens when you change music
history what’s the story with this guy
he’s from Lithuania do you agree with
our list you’re tearing me apart which
lake celebrity do you think earns the
most but more than a half a century
later
the man and his theories continue to
capture the popular imagination and to
inspire for more lucrative top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I’ll take this little
tree home and decorated now so it really
will work in our play
still probably make more in one year
than most of us will in our entire lives
his look was emulated by millions his
work one critic said was influenced by
the violence the drugs and the
diminished opportunities of an entire
generation welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten highest earning dead
celebrities in recent years her good
friend Michael Jackson has also
contributed to Taylor’s treasure chest
his gifts include this diamond bracelet
watch and this diamond necklace for this
list we’re looking at celebrities and
famous people from any industry that
have made a significant amount of money
since they’re passing these funds can
come from licensing agreements sales or
anything else that would generate a
persistent income we’re also taking a
look at the lasting legacies they’ve
left behind and how enduring their
popularity has proven to be so we aren’t
simply ranking based on numbers alone
they say normally outside of his home
there are about a half dozen vans of his
diehard fans people who actually live
out here in their vans because they want
to be close to this pop superstar all of
those people have moved over to the
hospital
number 10 Albert Einstein one of the few
if not the only celebrity theoretical
physicists of our time Albert Einstein
is known worldwide for his contributions
to quantum theory and modern physics and
therefore e equals M c-squared Oh miss
Mullins cum in his e equals mc-squared
formula is the go-to equation for making
yourself sound smart and his face is
instantly recognizable in photos even
outside of the scientific community
there’s Einstein who’s refusing even
back then to comb his hair and dressed
in we know sort of old coats and however
he feels like it already starting not to
wear socks his look earns him big bucks
as licensing company Corbis owns the
rights to his name and image so every
t-shirt with the famous Tong pose or
Baby Einstein soul goes towards his
estate his face reportedly earned him
ten million dollars in 2012 alone he put
together elements of the universe that
others had not imagined would fit
together
number nine Bruce Lee a good martial
artist does not become tense but ready
not thinking yet not dreaming known for
elevating the martial arts film to an
art and kick-starting an intense
interest for it in the West Bruce Lee
was a pop-culture icon during the early
1970s oh don’t hit back before
tragically dying in 1973 at only 32
years old Lee starred in numerous films
for which he is still being paid quite
lucrative Lee today all these years
later people still wonder about the way
he died I prefer to remember the way he
lived over 40 years after his death his
films are perhaps more popular now than
they’ve ever been and earned Lee up to
ten million dollars in 2014 now let’s
just pretend that we don’t all try to
imitate his moves when we’re alone in
front of a mirror what are you number
eight Charles M Schulz Charlie Brown is
a nice kid I’ve always said that I think
I would like to have had Charlie Brown
as a neighbor when I was small the
creative mind behind Charlie Brown and
Friends Charles Schulz is commonly
labeled as one of history’s most
significant cartoonists and every
Christmas when you watch Charlie Brown
pick out his pathetic tree you’re
watching a Sparky creation snoop is a
strange little character in that I think
he regards himself as being very
independent but we know that he really
isn’t thanks to his Peanuts characters
the late Schulz is still making a
fortune years after his death in the
year 2000 through licensing and
character rights I wish I were
sophisticated like guys you read about
his storage between 2012 and 2013 he
brought in a reported 37 million dollars
proving that the peanuts will always be
cool
everybody always you know number seven
Marilyn Monroe
the sex symbol of the 50s that needs no
introduction Marilyn Monroe’s image and
movies have remained popular over 50
years after her death baby I’m through
with love after overdosing in 1962 at
the age of 36 Monroe’s career obviously
seemed over but no one could have
predicted that her popularity would
continue and maybe even surpass her
former glory long live to your grand
Highness cheerio
metal up next Emily not with me cook in
2012 she made about 10 million dollars
from her films and her advertisements
have since become renowned companies
like Dior pay fat stacks for her
likeness and commercials which is kept
Monroe’s estate comfortable all this
time later maybe beauty isn’t fleeting
after all honey honey Hey she called me
honey ah oh honey
number 6 Bob Marley
this legend of reggae whose image was
stuck on your college dorm room wall for
years is still making vast sums of money
for his universal and highly cherished
music don’t tell me doctor heaven is
haunted here in 2012 alone Bob Marley
brought in about seventeen million
dollars from record sales and other
business ventures with his name which is
more money than most musical artists
would even dream of making while they’re
alive after being taken from us in 1981
at age 36 by cancer Marley is still
uniting the world through his music and
is arguably more popular now than he’s
ever been going to show how true
artistic genius earns longevity and
appreciation
number five Elizabeth Taylor we must not
disappoint the mighty Caesar the Romans
tell fabulous tales of my bath and
handmaidens one of the most famous
actresses of Hollywood’s golden age Liz
Taylor was world renowned for her
glamorous lifestyle her famous blue eyes
and her eight marriages that it’s
unbelievable
you bought this for yourself yeah how
nice for you say yes so good to you well
there’s nobody else around she became
the highest-earning dead celebrity of
2012 earning a mind-blowing two hundred
and ten million dollars you can be young
without money but you can’t be old
without it this was no doubt due to her
death only one year earlier from
congestive heart failure at the age of
79 which prompted the auctioning off of
her possessions increased sales of her
perfume and more as evidenced by the
vast sums of money her passionate fans
are spending it’s clear that Taylor’s
legacy will live on for a long long time
number four John Lennon
often considered one of the best singer
songwriters of all time and arguably one
of the most famous John Lennon earned
recognition for his personal life solo
career and as a prominent member of the
Beatles
like bandmate George Harrison who also
has sadly passed Lennon’s music has
earned him great sums of money after his
death he reportedly earned 12 million
dollars in record sales in 2012 and his
widow Yoko Ono is known for filing
lawsuits to preserve his legacy it’s
unclear when if ever the Beatles will
stop selling their music so expect
Lennon to be on the riches dead
celebrities list for years to come
number three Kurt Cobain
Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain changed
music forever in the early 90s and
helped to introduce grunge and teenage
angst to mainstream audiences the lead
singer of the enormous Lea popular rock
band Nirvana is dead apparently he was a
suicide at the age of 27 before his
tragic suicide in April 1994 Cobain had
already amassed a large following which
continues to grow today
in 2006 his widow Courtney Love sold a
25% stake in Nirvana’s music catalog for
fifty million dollars then there are the
royalties from songs like smells like
teen spirit that still get consistent
airplay
while his audience spreads it seems more
tragic that he never realized when an
influential figure he would become
number two Michael Jackson the second
spot goes to the King of Pop known as
the child star for his work in the
Jackson 5 Michael Jackson made headlines
across the world for his early 80s solo
work including pumping up the highest
selling album of all time riller and
it’s a very very sad news at jim array
and to all of our viewers both the Los
Angeles Times and CBS News are both now
reporting that Michael Jackson has died
after tragically passing in 2009 from
cardiac arrest Jackson’s music once
again skyrocketed in popularity
in fact three years after his passing he
ended up earning 145 million dollars
thanks to his record sales his 50% stake
in the Sony ATV publishing catalog and
more it’s safe to say that the king
reigned supreme
even in death
Oh
I’m here
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions mom I
just once I want to do something right
and I don’t want you to run away from me
again
number one Elvis Presley and now the
king of rock and roll himself Elvis
Presley made waves with his upbeat
rocking music in the 1950s
is suspicious
with a popularity that even rivaled the
Beatles he has become the highest
selling solo artist in history selling
an estimated 600 million copies of his
albums even now more than 30 years after
his death
Elvis’s music is still outselling even
the hottest artists of today
you lie
in 2012 he earned fifty five million
dollars thanks to its songs income from
tickets to the SIP de Soleil show Viva
Elvis and Graceland but we guess that’s
what happens when you change music
history what’s the story with this guy
he’s from Lithuania do you agree with
our list you’re tearing me apart which
lake celebrity do you think earns the
most but more than a half a century
later
the man and his theories continue to
capture the popular imagination and to
inspire for more lucrative top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I’ll take this little
tree home and decorated now so it really
will work in our play
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