Late King of Pop, Michael Jackson passed away seven years ago but still earned a staggering $825m in 2016, making him the biggest dead celebrity earner of the year.
According to Forbes, the reason he made that much revenue was because of his estate’s decision to sell his half-share of the Beatles catalogue to Sony for $750m.
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The Thriller star had purchased the rights to the Fab Four’s music back in 1984 for $47.5m and then sold 50 percent of it to Sony in 1995 for $115m.
Others are…
Author and cartoonist: Charles Schulz – $48m
Golfer: Arnold Palmer – $40m
Elvis Presley – $27m
Prince – $25m
Bob Marley -$21m
Theodor ‘Dr. Seuss’ Geisel – $20m
John Lennon – $12m
Albert Einstein – $11.5m
Original pin-up girl: Bettie Page – $11m
David Bowie – $10.5m
Movie star: Steve McQueen – $9m
Elizabeth Taylor – $8m
