{"id":5751,"date":"2011-10-25T21:13:26","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T21:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2011-10-25T21:13:26","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T21:13:26","slug":"michael-jackson-tops-forbes-rich-list-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/michael-jackson-tops-forbes-rich-list-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Tops Forbes Rich List"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>It\u2019s been two years since Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 but the King of Pop\u2019s earning power shows no sign of waning. For the second year in a row,   Michael Jackson tops the annual list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. Over the past 12 months Jackson\u2019s estate brought in $170 million from sales of his music and his stake in the Sony\/ATV catalog. 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