Wednesday, October 31, 2007

from beyond the grave!!

dayum! here, for your consideration is forbes' list of the top earning dead celebrities of the year... the top 4 on this list are making as much if not more than the bottom 8 of the top wealthy tv celebs! i wonder how much the oprah corporation will still be making after she dies?

13. James Dean - $3.5 million
12. Bob Marley - $4 million
11. James Brown - $5 million
10. Steve McQueen - $6 million
9. Marilyn Monroe - $7 million
8. Tupac Shakur - $9 million
7. Throdor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) - $13 million
6. Andy Warhol - $15 million
5. Albert Einstein - $18 million
4. George Harrison - $22 million
3. Charles M. Schulz - $35 million
2. John Lennon - $44 million
1. Elvis Presley - $49 million

the king is at the top of his game in after-death earning! due in part to clever marketing schemes such as this:

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