Michael Jackson Makes Bank
November 2nd, 2009 by Hannah
It’s hard to believe that it’s only been 4 months since Michael Jackson’s death. It’s harder to believe that in that time, he has become the third top grossing dead celebrity this year. The King of Pop beat out the likes of Elvis Presley and John Lennon as Forbes has clocked the late singer as having earned $90 million posthumously. Most of the earnings are due to the countless merchandising deals and the rights to the use of his name and likeness in the film ‘This is It’. Michael also made millions from album sales, radio airplay and music video marathons from the weeks after his death. He was only beat out by fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and Broadway buffs Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, whose earnings were combined.
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