It’s hard to believe that it’s only been 4 months since the passing of Michael Jackson.
It’s somewhat harder to believe that in that time frame, he has become the third top-grossing dead celebrity this year!
Beating out the likes of Elvis Presley and John Lennon, Forbes is clocking Michael as having earned $90 million posthumously. Most of that is due to the countless merchandising deals and the rights to the use of his name and likeness in the new film This Is It. However, he also made millions from album sales, radio airplay and music video marathons from the weeks following his death.
Michael was only beat out by acclaimed fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and Broadway buffs Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, whose earnings were combined.
Crazy!
[Image via WENN.]
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