{"id":2029,"date":"2018-11-07T10:18:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T10:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoy.com\/blog\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2020-09-15T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:16:10","slug":"5-highest-paid-dead-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/5-highest-paid-dead-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Highest Paid Dead Celebrities Of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While some of us are struggling to make ends meet, others are making money as corpses. For some people, their death doesn\u2019t end their commercial success.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jackson is one of those people. Once again, he tops Forbes\u2019 list of the highest paid dead celebrities list. This was after hauling in a crazy $400 million over the past year. Let\u2019s take a look at the 5 highest paid dead celebrities of 2018.<\/p>\n<h2>5 Highest Paid Dead Celebrities of 2018<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2030\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2030\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-Highest-Paid-Dead-Celebrities-Of-2018-193x300.png\" alt=\"5 Highest Paid Dead Celebrities Of 2018\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-Highest-Paid-Dead-Celebrities-Of-2018-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-Highest-Paid-Dead-Celebrities-Of-2018.png 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Jackson<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Michael Jackson<\/h3>\n<p>He comes in at number 1 with a whopping $400 million. Jackson died on June 25 at the age of 50 due to overdosing. His posthumous roll still continues. It brings in $287 million from the sale of his estate stake in EMI Music Publishing to Sony. Additional cash comes from his Mijac Music catalogue. Also, there is a new Sony record deal. On top of that, projects like TV special Michael Jackson\u2019s Halloween bring in a lot of money.<\/p>\n<h3>Elvis Presley<\/h3>\n<p>The musician\/actor comes in at number 2 with a cool $40 million. The star died at the age of 42 on the 16<sup>th<\/sup> of August due to a heart attack. Every year, he moves more than 1 million albums. However, most of his money comes from tickets to Graceland as well as a new $45 million entertainment complex. The complex is rightfully called Elvis Presley\u2019s Memphis.<\/p>\n<h3>Arnold Palmer<\/h3>\n<p>The dead athlete who died on September 25, 2016, at the age of 87 made $35 million this year. He died of a heart disease. So how did he make that much? Well, there\u2019s a new edition to his beverage line. This is an alcoholic version made in conjunction with MolsonCoors.<\/p>\n<h3>Charles Schulz<\/h3>\n<p>Making $34 million this year is the cartoonist, who died at 77 on the 12<sup>th<\/sup> of February, 2000. The artist suffered from colon cancer and succumbed to it. In 2017, DHX Media paid a whopping $345 million to get 80% of the Peanuts business previously owned by Iconix.<\/p>\n<h3>Bob Marley<\/h3>\n<p>This past year, the musician made a huge $23 million. The singer who died at the age of 36 on the 11<sup>th<\/sup> of May, 1981, succumbed to cancer. He has many products which include headphones, smoking accessories and Marley Natural cannabis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some of us are struggling to make ends meet, others are making money as corpses. For some people, their death doesn\u2019t end their commercial success. Michael Jackson is one of those people. 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