Thursday 16 October 2014

Michael Jackson Tops Forbes List of 'Highest-Earning Dead Celebrities'

Five years after his death, singer Michael Jackson is still generating a fortune.
And according to Forbe's 2014 list of highest earning dead celebrities, Michael is currently the highest, raking in an estimated US$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 US$55 million, and three times more than cartoonist and Peanuts comic strip creator Charles Schulz, who took third place with US$40 million.

    "Few celebrities prove the point that there is (financial) life after death better than Michael Jackson," Forbes said.

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