Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 12783 Location: USA Country:
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:17 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
I know huh? I remember all those years they used to talk about MJ being in financial trouble...obviously the speculation was greatly exaggerated.
CAn you imagine the kind of spending he'd have had to do?
Must have had some really rare mustards in his kitchen.
Top-Earning Dead Celebrities
BY LACEY ROSE AND DOROTHY POMERANTZ
Michael Jackson made more money over the past year than any other musician or actor, dead or alive.
The Corpse King Of Pop
Here's our top ten:
1.Michael Jackson
2.Elvis Presley
3.J.R.R. Tolkien
4.Charles Schulz
5.John Lennon
6.Stieg Larsson
7.Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
8.Albert Einstein
9.George Steinbrenner
10.Richard Rodgers
11.(tie)Jimi Hendrix
11.(tie)Steve McQueen
13.Aaron Spelling
Must admit I thought it was cool Tolkien was on there.
Im reading Lord Of the Rings right now for the 15th time. But in Norwegian this time.
Ringenes Herre. _________________
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:45 am Post subject:
Eve wrote:
CAn you imagine the kind of spending he'd have had to do?
Must have had some really rare mustards in his kitchen.
Top-Earning Dead Celebrities
BY LACEY ROSE AND DOROTHY POMERANTZ
Michael Jackson made more money over the past year than any other musician or actor, dead or alive.
The Corpse King Of Pop
Here's our top ten:
1.Michael Jackson
2.Elvis Presley
3.J.R.R. Tolkien
4.Charles Schulz
5.John Lennon
6.Stieg Larsson
7.Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
8.Albert Einstein
9.George Steinbrenner
10.Richard Rodgers
11.(tie)Jimi Hendrix
11.(tie)Steve McQueen
13.Aaron Spelling
Must admit I thought it was cool Tolkien was on there.
Im reading Lord Of the Rings right now for the 15th time. But in Norwegian this time.
Ringenes Herre.
Yeah imagine the royalties and fees from all the licensing the Tolkien Estate gets...dayem that's a lot of money for someone who has been long gone from this Earth for quite sometime.
Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 12783 Location: USA Country:
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:07 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
Yeah imagine the royalties and fees from all the licensing the Tolkien Estate gets...dayem that's a lot of money for someone who has been long gone from this Earth for quite sometime.
Shows that when something is great it never goes out of style. I think his family is still collecting though.
WHat is sad is that guy Steig Larsson. He died before his bestselling series was published. And his long term lady is being bumped out of inheriting by his family. You'd think with 27M just this year there would be enough to go around. _________________
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:45 am Post subject:
Eve wrote:
Shows that when something is great it never goes out of style. I think his family is still collecting though.
WHat is sad is that guy Steig Larsson. He died before his bestselling series was published. And his long term lady is being bumped out of inheriting by his family. You'd think with 27M just this year there would be enough to go around.
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:49 am Post subject:
Eve wrote:
Indeed!
Dude give me just a million or slightly less and I will parlay that into a small fortune, but then as your example demonstrates people don't like to share.
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