YVES SAINT LAURENT - YVES SAINT LAURENT TOPS NEW DEAD RICH LIST

YVES SAINT LAURENT TOPS NEW DEAD RICH LIST

Late fashion king YVES SAINT LAURENT has beaten out MICHAEL JACKSON and ELVIS PRESLEY as the top-earning dead celebrity on finance magazine Forbes' latest macabre rich list.
The designer made an estimated $350 million (GBP219 million) in the last year, while Jackson debuts at three on the new list, earning a staggering $90 million (GBP56 million) in the three months since his death in June (09).
Presley, a regular at the top of the list, slips to fourth with dead earnings of $55 million (GBP34 million) in the past 12 months.
The top 10 rich dead celebrities on the new list are:
1. Yves Saint Laurent
2. Rodgers & Hammerstein
3. Michael Jackson
4. Elvis Presley
5. J.R.R. Tolkein
6. Charles Schulz
7. John Lennon & Dr. Seuss
9. Albert Einstein
10. Michael Crichton