“The king of rock n’ roll” Elvis Presley was again proclaimed to be the richest dead celebrity, said Reuters. The list of richest dead stars is annually set up by the Forbes magazine, and it seems not to change a lot. From October 2007 to October 2008 his successors have received fifty two million dollars. Good pay for doing nothing! Most of these money came from Presley’s memorial mansion Graceland, and all kinds of projects like the program broadcasted by a Sirius Satellite Radio.
The second spot on this list was taken by Charles Schulz, an author of “Peanuts”. This infamous comics about Snoopy and Charlie Brown was able to pull out thirty three million dollars. Another group of lucky successors because right now it’s all about their success. The third place goes to Heath Ledger, and his achievemnt is mostly due to the last movie in which he played one of the major roles – “The Dark Knight”. It brought up twenty million dollars.
The rest of it looks like this: 4. Albert Einstein (due to Disney’s brand “Baby Einstein”), 5. Aaron Spelling, 6. Theodor Geisel, 7. John Lennon, 8. Andy Warhol, 9. Marilyn Monroe, 10. Steve McQueen, 11. Paul Newman, 12. James Dean, 13. Marvin Gaye.
A Source: ThatsJustMusic.com
No comments:
Post a Comment