Don't know what you've got til it's gone

Everyday we live our lives hoping that the lives we live will transcend us. We hope to leave a legacy so that our decedents can have a pretty nice life and an even better name to live up to. But what is there to do when the life you left behind leaves a more lasting effect or rather lasting profit?

I maybe late, but I figured I'd share anyways.

Forbes: Top-earning dead celebrities

1. Michael Jackson| $275 million| Died:June 25, 2009


2. Elvis Presley| $60 million| Died: August 16, 1977


3. J.R.R Tolkien| $50 million| Died: September 2, 1973


4. Charles Schulz| $33 million| Died: February 12, 2000


5. John Lennon| $17 million| Died: December 8, 1980


6. Stieg Larsson| $15 million| Died: November 9, 2004


7. Dr. Seuss| $11 million| Died: September 24, 1991


8. Albert Einstein| $10 million| Died: April 18, 1955


9. George Steinbrenner| $8 million| Died: July 13, 2010


10. Richard Rodgers| $7 million| Died: December 30, 1979

When these icons were alive, we hoped they would be around forever. Now that their gone...now they will. What legacy do you hope to leave behind?

The Unemployed Entrepreneur
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