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Charles Schulz drops to 3rd place in top-earning dead celebrity

Posted by Alan Gardner
October 25, 2006

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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#1 Mike
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.
#2 Alan
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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