Amazing - earnings of dead celebrities

[Guilbert]

My son just got the book "Top 10 of everything" and in it is the earnings of the top 10 dead celebrities. These are the 2006 figures as the book came out late 2007.

1) Kurt Cobain - 50,000,000 (50 million dollars)
2) Elvis Presley - 42,000,000 (42 million dollars)
3) Charles Schultz (Peanuts) - 35 million dollars
4) John Lennon - 24 million dollars
5) Albert Einstein - 20 million dollars
6) Andy Warhol - 19 million dollars
7=) Dr Seuss (childrens books) - 10 milion dollars
7=) Ray Charles - 10 million dollars
9=) Marilyn Monroe - 8 milion dollars
9=) Johnny Cach - 8 million dollars

Kurt Cobain was a "one off" because his music catalog was sold off that year.

I can understand Elvis Presley and John Lennon. Ray Charles and Johnny Cash are recently dead so had a surge in sales. Peanuts and Dr Seuss books are still selling

But how the hell did Einstein make 20 milion dollars?

Or Marilyn Monroe make 8 million?

[Mike_CFC]

The irony is,these people are more famous and iconic through death than they were when they were alive.

?35m by selling peanuts?.Now that is amazing!!!! !laugh!

[Trumpton]

Guilbert wrote:

> 9=) Marilyn Monroe - 8 milion dollars

I really surprised that she has only made $8m.

[Ace]

I am sure Jimi Hendrix is worth a few bob as well