Michael Jackson topped an annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities on Wednesday for the fourth straight year.
The music legend outstripped fellow musical icons Prince and David Bowie who passed away earlier this year.
Jackson, who died in 2009, raked in a bumper $825 million in earnings for the 12 months ending Oct. 1, according to estimates from Forbes.
That came mostly from the Jackson estate’s $750 million sale of the late singer’s remaining stake in the Sony/ATV music publishing catalog – which includes the rights to many Beatles songs – to Sony Corp.
Second on the list was Peanuts creator and cartoonist Charles M Schulz, who earned $48m (£39.5m) in the last year, followed by late golfer Arnold Palmer, with $40m (£33m), most of which was earned while he was alive – he died just days before the Forbes cut-off date.
Prince and David Bowie, who died in the first half of this year, were new entrants, with Prince at number five with $25m (£20.5m) and Bowie at 11th place on $10.5m (£8.6m).
When compiling the list, Forbes estimated the pre-tax income of the celebrities between 1 October 2015 and 1 October 2016 from a variety of sourcing, including estate experts, before taking away expenses for agents, managers and lawyers.
See the full list of top-earning of dead celebrities for 2016:
1. Michael Jackson – $825m (£615m)
2. Charles M Schulz – $48m (39.5m)
3. Arnold Palmer – $40m (£33m)
4. Elvis Presley – $27m (£22m)
5. Prince – $25m (£20.5m)
6. Bob Marley – $21m (£17.2m)
7. Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel – $20m (£16.4m)
8. John Lennon – $12m (£9.8m)
9. Albert Einstein – $11.5m (£9.4m)
10. Bettie Page – $11m (£9.0)
11. David Bowie – $10.5m (£8.6m)
12. Steve McQueen – $9m (£7.4m)
13. Elizabeth Taylor – $8m (£6.5m)
