13 Top-Earning Dead Celebrities

Just because these celebrities are dead doesn’t mean they aren’t still raking in the cash. According to Forbes, here are the top earning corpses.

• 1. Michael Jackson - $275 Million

  

• 2. Elvis Presley- $60 million

  

• 3. J.R.R. Tolkien- $50 million

  

• 4. Charles Schulz- $33 million

  

• 5. John Lennon- $17 million

  

• 6. Stieg Larsson- $15 million

  

• 7. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)-$11 million

  

• 8. Albert Einstein- $10 million

  

• 9. George Steinbrenner- $8 million

  

• 10. Richard Rodgers- $7 million

  

• 11. Jimi Hendrix- $6 million

  

• 12. Steve McQueen-$6 million

  

• 13. Aaron Spelling- $5 million