Dead Michael Jackson Made 75 Million Dollars This Year

Page Six- Michael Jackson died eight years ago, but he’s still generating millions of dollars. Jackson is atop the Forbes list of top-earning dead celebrities for the fifth straight year, with $75 million. Forbes says Jackson’s earnings are boosted by a new greatest hits album, a Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show and a stake in the EMI music publishing catalog. Two other singers join Jackson in the top five. Elvis Presley comes in fourth with $35 million and Bob Marley ranks fifth with $23 million.

I’m not sure why this stunned me but it did. It shouldn’t. Michael Jackson was arguably the biggest and most popular musician of all time. He sold a bajillion records while he was alive and nothing is better for business as a musician than dying. Of course he’s still printing money from beyond the grave. And not only is he printing money, he’s printing more money than any other dead person in the world according to Forbes. Dunking on the likes of Elvis Presley and Bob Marley. Those aren’t slouches. Michael Jackson is making so much money while also being dead that he has to be enjoy this period of his career way more than the latter part of being alive. Those parts of his life were packed full of allegations of Jesus juice and molesting children. Now? Now he gets to make money hand over fist without anyone asking him any of those hard questions. Being dead and making millions of dollars is the best thing that ever happened to Michael Jackson. Fact.

You might be saying, “But Trent, he’s dead. He can’t spend that money he’s making.” Oh so you know what happens to people after they die? Please enlighten all of us. Selfish of you to keep that information to yourself. For all we know Michael Jackson gets to spend every penny of that 75 million dollars. Not to mention, if there is a special dead place for celebrities to go, Michael Jackson is at the top of that list. Other than Joe Paterno, there isn’t a happier dead person than MJ.