10 highest-earning dead celebrities: Elvis & Jacko make the list

Posted Oct 29, 2009 by Walt Belcher

Updated Oct 29, 2009 at 03:16 PM

For your Halloween water cooler chatter: Here is Forbes Magazine’s list of 10 highest grossing dead celebrities:

1) Yves Saint Laurent, $350 million
2) Rodgers & Hammerstein, $235 million
3) Michael Jackson, $90 million
4) Elvis Presley, $55 million
5) JRR Tolkien, $50 million
6) Charles Schulz, $35 million
7) John Lennon, $15 million
8) Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), $15 million
9) Albert Einstein, $10 million
10) Michael Crichton, $9 million