Top earning dead celebrities 2009

Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has beaten Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley to the position of top earning dead celebrity, according to Forbes's 2009 rankings
  
  


rich dead celebs: Yves Saint Laurent
1: Yves Saint Laurent - $350m Photograph: John Downing/Getty Images
rich dead celebs: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
2: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein – $235m (combined) Photograph: Hulton Archive
rich dead celebs: Michael Jackson
3: Michael Jackson – $90m Photograph: Mark Elias/AP
rich dead celebs: Elvis Presley
4: Elvis Presley – $55m Photograph: Corbis
rich dead celebs: J.R.R. Tolkien
5: JRR Tolkien – $50m Photograph: AFP
rich dead celebs: Charles Schulz
6: Charles Schulz – $35m Photograph: John Burgess/AP
rich dead celebs: John Lennon
7: John Lennon – $15m Photograph: Jane Bown
rich dead celebs: Theodor Seuss Geisel
8: Dr Seuss (Theodor Geisel) – $15m Photograph: John Bryson/Time & Life Pictures/ Getty
rich dead celebs: Albert Einstein
9: Albert Einstein – $10m Photograph: Corbis
rich dead celebs: Michael Crichton
10: Michael Crichton – $9m Photograph: AP
rich dead celebs: Jimi Hendrix
11: Jimi Hendrix – $8m Photograph: Dezo Hoffmann/Rex Features
rich dead celebs: Aaron Spelling
12: Aaron Spelling – $8m Photograph: AP
rich dead celebs: Andy Warhol
13: Andy Warhol – $6m Photograph: Michael Tighe/Getty Images
 

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