YSL Out-Earns Fellow Dead Celebs

YSL Out-Earns Fellow Dead Celebs

Published: October 28, 2009 @ 11:59 am
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By Forbes

Yves Saint Laurent is this year's top-earning dead celebrity, with his estate hauling in $350 million, according to Forbes.

The fashion luminary beats out even chart-topping Michael Jackson and list regular Elvis Presley, thanks in part to a record-setting auction in February of possessions he shared with partner Pierre Bergé. It was Laurent's first time atop the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list since his death from brain cancer in June 2008.

Laurent's earnings put him a couple spots above Jackson, who has made $90 million since his June 25 death.

Read more at Forbes.

 

Tags: Deal Central, Michael Jackson, Yves Saint Laurent
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