Top Earning Dead Celebrities

A tribute to Paul Walker is seen on screen at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Forbes published its annual list of top-earning dead celebrities today. For the third year in a row, Michael Jackson tops the list by bringing in an estimated $115 million over the past year. Include the following visualizations in your coverage to show how much the top-earning dead celebrities made from October 1, 2014 to October 1, 2015.

Forbes Top-Earning Dead Celebrities of 2015

Based on pretax earnings from October 1st, 2014 through October 1st, 2015.

Name Earnings Died On Age Michael Jackson $115,000,000 June 25, 2009 50 Elvis Presley $55,000,000 August 16, 1977 42 Charles Schulz $40,000,000 February 12, 2000 77 Bob Marley $21,000,000 May 11, 1981 36 Elizabeth Taylor $20,000,000 March 23, 2011 79 Marilyn Monroe $17,000,000 August 5, 1962 36 John Lennon $12,000,000 December 8, 1980 40 Albert Einstein $11,000,000 April 18, 1955 76 Paul Walker $10,500,000 November 30, 2013 40 Bettie Page $10,000,000 December 11, 2008 85 Dr. Seuss $9,500,000 September 24, 1991 87 Steve McQueen $9,000,000 November 30, 1980 50 James Dean $8,500,000 September 30, 1955 24

Source: Forbes.

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