The 79 year-old who died of congestive heart failure in March 2011's earnings drawn from her estate's accumulation, auctions of her jewels, perfume, films, clothes, art work and memorabilia was valued at $210million.
Forbes analyzed their earnings for a year starting in October 2011, the 13 of them pulled a total of $532.5 million.
FORBES HIGHEST-EARNING DEAD CELEBRITIES
1. Elizabeth Taylor-$210 Million
2. Michael Jackson-$145 Million
3. Elvis Presley-$55 Million
4. Charles Schulz-$37 Million
5. Bob Marley-$17 Million
6. John Lennon-$12 Million
7. Marilyn Monroe-$10 Million
7. Albert Einstein-$10 Million
9. Dr. Seuss-$9 Million
10. Steve McQueen-$8 Million
10 Bettie Page- $8 Million
12. Richard Rogers-$6 Million
13. George Harrison-$5.5 Million
Elizabeth Taylor, I bet Elizabeth Hurley will be surprised to hear she died lol. You need to go back and do proper research lol. And I find the information of the publication from the internet, Elizabeth’s estate also made money from property sales and from her films as after starring in 1963 drama ‘Cleopatra’, the actress , who died in March 2011 aged 79 – negotiated a 10 per cent ownership stake in each of her movies.