2017’s Top-Earning Dead Celebrities

Celebrities pass away every year, but their estates continue to make money, in some cases decades after their death. Thanks to Forbes magazine, here are the 13 top-earning dead celebrities from this year.

13. Bettie Page - $7.5 million
12. Elizabeth Taylor - $8 million
11. David Bowie - $9.5 million
10. Albert Einstein - $10 million
9. John Lennon - $12 million
8. Dr. Seuss - $16 million
7. Prince - $18 million
6. Tom Petty - $20 million
5. Bob Marley - $23 million
4. Elvis Presley - $35 million
3. Charles Schulz - $38 million
2. Arnold Palmer - $40 million
1. Michael Jackson - $75 million