Behind the King of Pop on our list is another music monarch: Elvis Presley, who takes the No. 2 spot with $40 million over the past year; Arnold Palmer rounds out the top three with $35 million. In all, the dead celebs pulled in $628 million, more than double last year’s $312 million tally—thanks entirely to Jackson’s windfall, which gives him $2.4 billion in earnings in the decade since his death.
On Elvis the magazine says:
2. Elvis Presley
$40 million
Musician, Actor
Died: August 16, 1977
Age: 42
Cause: Heart Attack
He still moves more than 1 million albums every year, but the bulk of the King’s coin comes from tickets to Graceland and a new $45 million entertainment complex called Elvis Presley’s Memphis.
Top Ten Forbes magazine Top-Earning Dead Celebrities 2018.
1. Michael Jackson $400 million
2. Elvis Presley $40 million
3. Arnold Palmer $35 million
4. Charles Schulz ('Peanuts' creator) $34 million.
5. Bob Marley $23 million
6. Dr. Seuss $16 million
7. Hugh Hefner - $15 million
8. Marilyn Monroe - $14 million
9. Prince - $13 million
10. John Lennon - $12 million
Dave Rowland Died
Dave Rowland, who was the founding member of '70s pop-country trio Dave & Sugar, recently passed away at the age of 74. Rowland passed on November 1, 2018 in Nashville, from complications following a stroke.
Before forming Dave & Sugar and recording such hits such as "Don't Throw It All Away" and "The Door Is Always Open," Rowland toured alongside Elvis as part of JD Sumner and the Stamps Quartet. Funeral arrangements for Rowland have not been made public, but it seems that his family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University.
(Source: Forbes / FECC)