According to BrandChannel, Forbes magazine's,“Top-Earning Dead Celebrities” ranking thirteen deceased individuals whom each brought in a healthy US$ 247 million in twelve months. Celebrity death can even bring new life to fading personality brands.
For example " the accidental overdose of Anna Nicole Smith, and the carnival-like atmosphere of the ensuing paternity dispute, provided far more publicity for the television reality show star than she garnered while alive." I am not sure what is worse the article or the fact this is standard practice in the industry. Either way its pretty discusting to think that there are so many people making money off of corpses.
