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Jacko on rich list
The pop icon is estimated to have earned $90 million since his shock passing in June, at the age of 50.
Selling the rights to his posthumous concert film, "This Is It", which was released this week, is thought to have contributed much of the money.
He is also said to have sold around nine million albums and almost six million digital downloads since his death.
Elvis Presley and John Lennon are the other music figures in the Top 10, which is as follows:
01 Yves Saint Laurent $350m (£213m)
02 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein $235m (£142m)
03 Michael Jackson $90m (£54m)
04 Elvis Presley $55m (£33m)
05 JRR Tolkien $50m (£30m)
06 Charles Schulz $35m (£21m)
07 John Lennon $15m (£9m)
08 Theodor Geisel $15m (£9m)
09 Albert Einstein $10m (£6m)
10 Michael Crichton $9m (£5m)
The list is compiled annually by Forbes.
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