Forbes' Top Earning Dead Celebrities [2004]

Status Forbes

Missing: * Frederick Loewe (13) * Ira Gershwin (11)

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

14

1

Elvis Presley

Vocalist

28.47% (39 of 137 votes)

17

2

Charles M. Schulz

Artist

0% (0 of 5 votes)

7

3

J.R.R. Tolkien

Author

45.45% (5 of 11 votes)

2

4

John Lennon

Vocalist

60.25% (535 of 888 votes)

19

5

Dr. Seuss

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

9

6

Marilyn Monroe

Actress

42.32% (306 of 723 votes)

3

7

George Harrison

Musician

52.07% (88 of 169 votes)

18

8

Irving Berlin

Composer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

10

9

Bob Marley

Vocalist

35.48% (11 of 31 votes)

16

10

Richard Rodgers

Songwriter

0% (0 of 0 votes)

5

11

George Gershwin

Composer

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

22

11

Ira Gershwin

Songwriter

0% (0 of 0 votes)

13

12

Jimi Hendrix

Musician

29.81% (48 of 161 votes)

20

13

Alan Jay Lerner

Playwright

0% (0 of 0 votes)

21

13

Frederick Loewe

Songwriter

0% (0 of 0 votes)

1

14

Cole Porter

Composer

100% (1 of 1 votes)

15

15

James Dean

Actor

11.11% (1 of 9 votes)

8

16

Dale Earnhardt

Auto Racer

44.30% (70 of 158 votes)

11

17

Jerry Garcia

Musician

32.00% (8 of 25 votes)

4

18

Freddie Mercury

Vocalist

51.90% (437 of 842 votes)

6

19

Tupac Shakur (2Pac)

Vocalist

49.25% (33 of 67 votes)

12

20

Frank Sinatra

Vocalist

31.71% (26 of 82 votes)