Meet The Richest Dead Celebrities
Forbes -- The money might be drying up in Hollywood, but there's still plenty of cash to be made in the graveyard. The 13 iconic figures on Forbes' list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities grossed a collective $886.5 million in the past 12 months. Topping the list for the first time is Yves Saint Laurent, who earned $350 million care of a much-heralded estate sale. In February, auction house Christie's sold many of the French fashion icon's possessions, including expensive art, antiques and furniture, garnering $443 million in proceeds over the course of three days. After commissions, the cash was split between the Pierre Berg(c)-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation and a soon-to-be-created philanthropic group aimed at for scientific research and the...