Top Earning Dead Celebrities

[chonsigirl]

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No. 1, Kurt Cobain

Earnings: $50 million

Occupation: musician

Died: April 5, 1994

Age: 27

Cause of death: suicide

No. 2, Elvis Presley

Earnings: $42 million

Occupation: musician

Died: Aug. 16, 1977

Age: 42

Cause of death: heart attack

No. 3, Charles M. Schulz

Earnings: $35 million

Occupation: cartoonist

Died: Feb. 12, 2000

Age: 77

Cause of death: cancer

No. 4, John Lennon

Earnings: $24 million

Occupation: musician

Died: Dec. 8, 1980

Age: 40

Cause of death: murder

No. 5, Albert Einstein

Earnings: $20 million

Occupation: scientist

Died: April 18, 1955

Age: 76

Cause of death: natural causes

No. 6, Andy Warhol

Earnings: $19 million

Occupation: artist

Died: Feb 22, 1987

Age: 58

Cause of death: complications of a gallbladder operation

No. 7, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)

Earnings: $10 million

Occupation: author

Died: Sept. 24, 1991

Age: 87

Cause of death: natural causes

No. 8, Ray Charles

Earnings: $10 million

Occupation: musician

Died: June 10, 2004

Age: 73

Cause of death: liver disease

No. 9, Marilyn Monroe

Earnings: $8 million

Occupation: actress

Died: Aug. 5, 1962

Age: 36

Cause of death: overdose of sleeping pills

No. 10, Johnny Cash

Earnings: $8 million

Occupation: musician

Died: Sept. 12, 2003

Age: 71

Cause of death: complications of diabetes

No. 11, J.R.R. Tolkien

Earnings: $7 million

Occupation: author

Died: Sept. 2, 1973

Age: 81

Cause of death: bleeding ulcer

No. 12, George Harrison

Earnings: $7 million

Occupation: musician

Died: Nov. 29, 2001

Age: 58

Cause of death: cancer

No. 13, Bob Marley

Earnings: $7 million

Occupation: musician

Died: May 11, 1981

Age: 36

Cause of death: cancer

[Nomad]

I wonder who gets M Monroe's $ ?