Forbes list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities

This is a list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities as ranked by Forbes magazine since October 2001. == 2025 list == The 2025 list: == 2024 list == The 2024 list: == 2023 list == The 2023 list: == 2022 list == The 2022 list: J.R.R. Tolkien earned $500 million from the sale of Middle-earth Enterprises.

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