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Charles Schulz drops to 3rd place in top-earning dead celebrity
The list comes out every year and Charles M. Schulz is typically second only to Elvis, but this year’s Forbes list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities, Sparky drops to number three as Kurt Cobain comes from out of no where to take the top honor. Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love sold a 25% stake in Nirvana’s song catalog to a New York music publishing company for a reported $50 million - which put Cobain on the list - at the top.
Interestingly, when you look at the figures, the Peanuts empire has grown from $20 million in revenue in 2001 after Sparky’s death to the reported $35 million last year.
2006 - $35 million
2005 - $35 million
2004 - $35 million
2003 - $32 million
2002 - $28 million
2001 - $20 million
And if you run the numbers, Sparky earns $95,890 a day; $3,995 an hour; $66 a minute; $1.10 a second.
Third place is a rough place to be.
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Community Comments
October/25/2006 @ 12:47 pm
Not that I have any particular dislike for Cobain, I think Peanuts will be remembered long after Nirvana is forgotten.
October/25/2006 @ 4:10 pm
Agreed. Cobain only got on the list because of that $50 million sale - which is a one time gig. This time next year, he’ll be footnote again.
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