Michael Jackson has once again been named the top-earning dead celebrity after his estate raked in £313 million over the past year.
It is the sixth year in a row the late King of Pop, who died in 2009 following an overdose of the anaesthetic propofol, has topped Forbes’ list.
This year’s haul was partly down to the sale of his EMI Music Publishing stake.
Other lucrative projects included a TV special, Michael Jackson’s Halloween, and a new Sony record deal.
The singer, who was 50 when he died, has now made £1.8 billion in earnings in the decade since his death.
Elvis Presley comes second on the list, measuring pre-tax earnings of £31 million between 1 October, 2017 and 1 October, 2018.
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