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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Top earning dead celebrities 2009

rich dead celebs: Yves Saint Laurent
1: Yves Saint Laurent - $350m Photograph: John Downing/Getty Images
rich dead celebs: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
2: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein – $235m (combined) Photograph: Hulton Archive
rich dead celebs: Michael Jackson
3: Michael Jackson – $90m Photograph: Mark Elias/AP
rich dead celebs: Elvis Presley
4: Elvis Presley – $55m Photograph: Corbis
rich dead celebs:  J.R.R. Tolkien
5: JRR Tolkien – $50m Photograph: AFP
rich dead celebs: Charles Schulz
6: Charles Schulz – $35m Photograph: John Burgess/AP
rich dead celebs: John Lennon
7: John Lennon – $15m Photograph: Jane Bown
rich dead celebs: Theodor Seuss Geisel
8: Dr Seuss (Theodor Geisel) – $15m Photograph: John Bryson/Time & Life Pictures/ Getty
rich dead celebs: Albert Einstein
9: Albert Einstein – $10m Photograph: Corbis
rich dead celebs: Michael Crichton
10: Michael Crichton – $9m Photograph: AP
rich dead celebs: Jimi Hendrix
11: Jimi Hendrix – $8m Photograph: Dezo Hoffmann/Rex Features
rich dead celebs: Aaron Spelling
12: Aaron Spelling – $8m Photograph: AP
rich dead celebs: Andy Warhol
13: Andy Warhol – $6m Photograph: Michael Tighe/Getty Images
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