<p>Michael Jackson is getting his coin even as he rests in peace&#8211;the music icon reportedly made more money than any living celebrity during 2016. </p>
<p>Claiming the top spot of Forbes&#8217; list of highest-paid dead celebs, MJ has his name on $825M pretax dollars. That even tops the highest paid celebrity of 2016, Taylor Swift who raked in $170M (pretax).</p>
<p>One of his biggest attributions to his new broken record was his half of the Sony/ATV music-publishing catalog that raked in $750M back in March. Even if that was his only income contribution, he would still have surpassed Taylor. Sheesh. </p>
<p>Check out the full list of Forbes&#8217; highest-paid dead celebs:</p>
<p>13- Elizabeth Taylor ($8M)<br />
12- Steve McQueen ($9M)<br />
11- David Bowie ($10.5M)<br />
10- Bettie Paige ($11M)<br />
9- Albert Einstein ($11.5M)<br />
8- John Lennon ($12M)<br />
7- Dr. Seuss ($20M)<br />
6- Bob Marley ($21M)<br />
5- Prince ($25M)<br />
4- Elvis Presley ($27M)<br />
3- Arnold Palmer ($40M)<br />
2- Charles Shultz ($48M)<br />
1- Michael Jackson ($825M)</p>
<p>Source: Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45fhfim/1-michael-jackson-825/</p>
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