The 15 Highest Earning Dead Celebrities

 Even after their deaths, celebrities could still rake in millions of dollars for the family and estate they have left behind. The following is a list of the highest earning celebrities who have passed away.

 

Michael Jackson 

The King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson’s death because of an accidental overdose in 2009 caught us all by surprise. A lot of us feel that he had, to quote a song of his, gone too soon. He still owns the biggest selling album of all time, Thriller, with sales reaching up to 110 million copies worldwide.  As a matter of fact, three of the top 15 all time best selling albums belong to the Jacko. Millions of dollars are piled into the iconic singer’s yearly take even after his death, thereby adding to his already considerable $170 million estate.