I was quite impressed to see some of the figures quoted in Forbes as to what death has meant to the estates of some celebrities. For example, last year over the past year Michael Jackson’s estate earned $275 million – which is as advised, beating the combined earnings of the still living Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Madonna!

Amongst those who are still earning extremely well include John Lennon who earned $17 million last year, my favourite author when I was young, J R R Tolkien, who died in 1973 and who still earned $50 million last year and Dr Seuss, who I have written about before in my blog, who earned $11 million in the past year for his estate.