Kurt Cobain Leaps Over Elvis to Top Forbes List of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,224682,00.html ^ | October 24, 2006

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A nail in the casket is hardly the end for some stars. Instead, their work, as well as their iconic images, continues to appeal to fans who remember them, and to those born long after they died.

The 13 icons on our sixth annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list collectively earned $247 million in the last 12 months. Their estates continue to make money by inking deals involving both their work and the rights to use their name and likenesses on merchandise and marketing campaigns.

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Smells Like Green Spirit.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Kurt was Generation X's John Lennon.

[KarlInOhio]

Kurt was Generation X's John Lennon.

Both were killed by crazy people.

[dfwgator]

Kurt Cobain, most overrated rock star ever.

[bushinohio]

I was a senior in high school when he died. I thought his music was awful then and I still think it's awful now.

[Cicero]

Put down that bong and back away from the table slowly.

[doesnt suffer fools gladly]

I'm guessing his widow Courtney Love and his daughter get all this dough?

[KoRn]

I recall going to a party celebrating his death.

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This is from the article: While his music continues to sell, his debut atop the list is largely due to his widow, Courtney Love, who sold a 25 percent stake in his song catalog to publishing company Primary Wave for a reported $50 million.

[himno hero]

I wonder how they compare once "normalized" for population
and purchasing power of the dollar.

perhaps then there might be a more accurate comparison as to who is the king

[IncPen]

He may be popular but it's nothing to lose your head over

[bigbob]

Come As You Are....even if you're dead.

[Man50D]

I recall going to a party celebrating his death.

OK Courtney. ;o)

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From Forbes' site:

http://www.forbes.com/2006/10/23/tech-media_06deadcelebs_cx_pk_top-earning-dead-celebrities_land.html

[gorush]

Boy, I'm getting old...this seems as ridiculous as when Time or Newsweek (or both) did front pages on Bruce Springsteen back in the '70's.

[streetpreacher]

That's mean... but funny.

[MitchellC]

Nirvana was one of several bands, the others being Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, that forced a change for the better on the pop music industry, away from the over-produced trash of the late 70s thru early 90s.

It's no coincidence that all four of those bands were great live acts - love or hate them and their style, they weren't frauds, at least not in the sense of most of the popular acts before them and after them. There hasn't been a single group since that heyday that's half as good as any of those four bands, and there probably won't be for a long time, just as there hadn't been for almost decades before them.

[dfwgator]

I remember back when I thought Francis Bean was going to end up being to most F'd Up kid ever.

And last I heard she has turned out to be pretty normal, despite her parents. Maybe she learned from them how not to be.

[COEXERJ145]

My sister was in high school when he did the world a favor and eliminated himself.

She was in mourning for weeks. If anyone in the house mispronounced his name (she always thought I called him "Cool-Vain" which I didn't) she would explode and scream her head off.

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Here is the cover: