The Forbes Celebrity List
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.
So I have to ask: What do you have to do to make the Forbes celebrity list? How to you break out in a field of famous people still earning money while dead? You would think the brutal Manson-style murders of a rising mega-star and five other innocent people on a reality 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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