Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Top 10 Highest Earning Richest Dead Celebrities


 
No. 1 Michael Jackson (The King of Pop)

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Net worth                   :$275 million
Source                         : Musician
Died                              : June 25, 2009
Age                                : 50
Cause                            : Drug overdose

No. 2 Elvis Presley(The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll)




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Net worth                   :$60 million
Source                         :Singer, actor
Died                              : Aug. 16, 1977
Age                                : 42
Cause                            : Heart attack


No. 3 J.R.R. Tolkien
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Net worth                   :$50 million
Source                         : Author
Died                              : Sept. 2, 1973
Age                                : 81
Cause                            : Bleeding ulcer
Hits: Lord of the Rings ,Hobbit, Tolkien sold just shy of 500,000 copies in the last year.

No. 4 Charles Schulz
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Net worth                   :$33 million
Source                         : Cartoonist
Died                              : Feb 12, 2000
Age                                : 77
Cause                            : Colon cancer
The late Schulz continues to earn from his comic strip, which appears in 2,200 newspapers across 75 countries.

No. 5 John Lennon
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Net worth                   :$17 million
Source                  
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 Musician
Died                              : Dec. 8, 1980
Age                                : 40
Cause                            : Murder

No. 6 Stieg Larsson
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Net worth                   :$15 million
Source                         : Writer
Died                              : Nov. 9, 2004
Age                                : 50
Cause                            : Heart attack
More than 40 million copies of the books have been sold in 44 languages

No. 7 Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
Dr.Seuss thumb7 thumb Top 10 Highest Earning Richest Dead CelebritiesNet worth                   :$11 million
Source                         : Author
Died                              : Sept. 24, 1991
Age                                : 87
Cause                           : Natural causes
The best-selling children’s author





No. 8 Albert Einstein
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Net worth                   :$10 million
Source                         : Scientist
Died                              : April 18, 1955
Age                                : 76
Cause                            : Natural causes

No. 9 George Steinbrenner
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Net worth                   :$ 8 million
Source                         : Sports Franchise Owner
Died                              : July 13, 2010
Age                                : 80
Cause                            : Heart attack

No. 10 Richard Rodgers
 Top 10 Highest Earning Richest Dead CelebritiesNet worth                   :$ 7 million
Source                         : Songwriter
Died                              : Dec. 30, 1979
Age                                :  77
Cause                            : Chronic illness
In 2009 the Netherlands’ Imagem Music Group bought the rights to the collaborative catalog of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for a reported $200 million. Without those assets, Rogers still lands on our list, thanks to his earlier work with Lorenz Hart. That catalog boasts such standards as “My Funny Valentine” and “The Lady is a Tramp.”

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