Forbes Magazine has published its annual list of the 13 top-earning dead celebrities. These guys do very well. In fact, they earned $232 million in the last twelve months. I say "guys" because the only gal on the list is Marilyn.
Some of them are unexpected. For example, Einstein is on the list not for his brilliant mind, but because of the Baby Einstein DVDs.
The two deceased Beatles made the list, as did musicians Tupac Shakur and Bob Marley.
Here's the whole list:
1) Elvis Presley
2) John Lennon
3) Charles Schulz
4) George Harrison
5) Albert Einstein
6) Andy Warhol
7) Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
8) Tupac Shakur
9) Marilyn Monoroe
10) Steve McQueen
11) James Brown
12) Bob Marley
13) James Dean
You can go to the Forbes link above to click on stories about the individual dead celebrities, or to see the lists from 2001 until now.
[Image of Steve McQueen from worldroots.com]
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