They’re dead and they’re still richer than most of us. Michael Jackson, who died in 2019, has yet again topped the Forbes list of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities of 2019 with a whopping amount of 60 million dollars.
Rapper Nipsey Hussle who was shot and killed on March 31 last year also made it to the list at number 10 with 11 million dollars.
Another rapper, XXXTENTACION who was also shot dead in June 2018 is right behind Nipsey at number 11 with earnings worth 10 million dollars.
Elvis Presley has placed second with “Snoopy” creator Charles Schulz and golf legend Arnold Palmer at number 3 and number 4 respectively. Bob Marley was placed at number 5.
According to The Economic Times, John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe and Prince round out the Top 10 at No. 7, 8 and 9 respectively, with Whitney Houston and George Harrison placing twelfth and thirteenth, respectively.