The Forbes Celebrity List

By admin on Jan 26, 2010 with Comments 0

Greg Dawson, The Ute City New Times

Here’s a surprise—-Michael Jackson is not number one on the Forbes Dead Celebs list. Earning 350 million, Yves Saint Laurent is Number One, and Michael Jackson comes in at Number Three with 90 mil. Not to worry, Michael, I’m sure there’s room for growth.

I would have thought pop-star-slash-murder victim Brienne Cross would been at least in the top two or three, but believe it or not, she didn’t make the list at all. Considering how often, for example, she was featured on the access hollywood web site, it’s a surprise.

So I have to ask: What do you have to do to make the Forbes celebrity list – have a permanent corner of the access hollywood web site? How to you break out in a field of famous people still earning money while dead? You would think the brutal Charles Manson murder – style killing of a rising mega-star and five other innocent people on a reality TV show would yield better results. What can be more real than that?

As a Coloradan, I see this as a snub.

Yes, I can see why Elvis Presley made the list of dead celebrities—he’s always been a staple on the Forbes list, but where did the other regulars go? Where is James Dean? Where is Marilyn Monroe? And how can Michael Jackson, King of the Celebrities, come in third behind Rogers and Hammerstein?

But most important, where is Brienne Cross?

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