Every year sees the publication of various fascinating lists showing the richest living people on the planet – now we bring you the biggest earners among the dead.
For the rich and famous, it seems, death is no barrier to enormous incomes – and Elvis is non-living proof of that. This year, a quarter of a century after he died, the Presley estate is set to earn £500million. Second is Marilyn Monroe (£20 million), and third Charles Schulz (Peanuts) with £15.