Five years after his death singer Micheal Jackson is generating a fortune and is the top earning dead celebrity, reportedly raking in an estimated $140 million in the past year for his estate.
He earned more than twice as much as singer Elvis Presley, who died in 1977 and came in second with $55 million and three times more than cartoonist and peanuts comic strip creator Charles Schulz, who took third place with $40 Million.
It is Jackson's second straight year a top the list. He regained the title in 2013, a year after being pushed into second place by actress Elizabeth Taylor, who died in 2011, came in at No.4 with $25 million and Reggae singer Bob Marley completed the top 5 with $20 milllion in earnings in the year up to October 2014. Marley died of cancer at the age of 36 in 1981. John Lennon, the former Beatle who was assassinated in New york in 1980 was also in the top 10 list
0 comments :
Post a Comment