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BEIJING, Oct. 28(Xinhuanet) -- Deceased French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, making 350 million U.S. dollars, has beaten Michael Jackson in the list of top-earning in 2008 dead celebrities compiled by Forbes, according to media reports Wednesday.
The fashion designer was followed by the composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein on the 2009 list with 235 million dollars, and the late "King of Pop"
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"Michael Jackson will make tens of millions of dollars a year because he has lucrative publishing rights, rights to all his memorabilia. There's still profits to be made from the movie which comes out tomorrow."
The Michael Jackson movie "This is it" hits theaters around the world on October 28. It is based on his rehearsals for a series of
The other "King," Elvis Presley, was fourth on the list with 55 million dollars.
The ranking assesses the earning power of deceased celebrities, including musicians, authors, actors, and songwriters, among others.
Two names that unexpectedly did not make this year's list were Marilyn Monroe and James Dean.
"Both have similar incomes to last year. In fact Marilyn Monroe made more money this year versus last year," said Miller. "However, because of all the new people on the list like Yves Saint Laurent they weren't able to keep up."
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