Elizabeth Taylor surpasses Michael Jackson as ‘top earning dead celebrity’

 

Elizabeth Taylor

American business magazine Forbes has released its list of the ‘Top Earning Dead Celebrities’ with English-American star actress Elizabeth Taylor fielded as the top earner.

With an earning of $210m, Liz Taylor beat her best friend, the late Michael Jackson who topped the list last year with $145.

Rock star Elvis Presly follows in third place with $55m. Reggae star Bob Marley also makes the list, landing in fifth place with a total earning of $17m

Liz Taylor passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The screen goddess who dazzled the whole world with her talent, beauty and posh Hollywood lifestyle, died of ‘congestive heart failure’.

Check out the full list below…

Elizabeth Taylor
$210 million
Actress
Died: March 23, 2011
Age: 79
Cause: Heart failure

Michael Jackson
$145 million
Singer
Died: June 25, 2009
Age: 50
Cause: Overdose/homicide

Elvis Presley
$55 million
Singer, actor
Died: August 16, 1977
Age: 42
Cause: Heart attack

Charles Schulz
$37 million
Cartoonist
Died: February 12, 2000
Age: 77
Cause: Colon cancer

Bob Marley
$17 million
Singer
Died: May 11, 1981
Age: 36
Cause: Cancer

John Lennon
$12 million
Singer
Died: December 8, 1980
Age: 40
Cause: Murder

Marilyn Monroe
$10 million
Actress
Died: August 5, 1962
Age: 36

Albert Einstein
$10 million
Scientist
Died: April 18, 1955
Age: 76
Cause: Natural causes

Theodor Geisel
$9 million
Author
Died: September, 24, 1991
Age: 87
Cause: Natural causes

Steve McQueen
$8 million
Actor
Died: November 30, 1980
Age: 50
Cause: Complication from surgery

Bettie Page
$8 million
Actress
Died: December 11, 2008
Age: 85
Cause: Natural causes

Richard Rogers
$6 million
Song writer
Died: December 30, 1979
Age: 77
Cause: Chronic illness

George Harrison
$5.5 million
Musician
Died: November 29, 2001
Age: 58
Cause: Cancer