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Photos: Forbes' top-earning dead celebrities of 2013

Photos: Forbes' top-earning dead celebrities of 2013

Forbes has released its list of the top-earning dead celebrities of 2013. Keep clicking to see who made the list. Here, No. 13, Singer Jenni Rivera, performs onstage during the 11th annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Nov. 11, 2010, in Las Vegas.

Martial arts movie star Bruce Lee, 1973.

Actor Steve McQueen (1930-1980) on the set of "Nevada Smith," in which he played the title role.

Children's book writer and illustrator Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, shakes hands with Cat in the Hat, one of the many characters he has created, at the New Orleans Museum of Fine Arts in Louisiana on Feb. 13, 1988.

Bettie Page was known for her controverisal photographs in skimpy attire or none at all.

Physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) in 1946.

John Lennon (1940-1980) of the Beatles plays the guitar in a hotel room in Paris on Jan. 16, 1964.

American film star Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortenson or Norma Jean Baker, 1926-1962).

Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley (1945-1981).

Portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor in a form-fitting green dress as she sits with her head tilted back exposing her neck, circa 1950s.

Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, 1978.

Portrait of American singer and actor Elvis Presley (1935-1977) as he holds a 12-string guitar, mid-1950s.

Michael Jackson performs on stage during is "HIStory" world tour concert at Ericsson Stadium on Nov. 10, 1996, in Auckland, New Zealand.

Some stars came close to making Forbes' list. Keep clicking to see which celebrities received honorable mentions. We'll start with actor James Dean (1931-1955), pictured here in the 1950s.

American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in his laboratory at Orange, N.J.

Guitarist and singer George Harrison (1943-2001) of the Beatles, performing during a live concert on Dec. 3, 1963.

Rock guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) caught mid guitar-break during his performance at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 1970.

American composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) smiles and holds a musical score while in rehearsal for the musical "The Boys From Syracuse," written with lyricist Lorenz Hart, in London, circa 1965.

Rap musician Tupac Shakur in character in a scene from "Poetic Justice," 1993.

J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Lord of the Rings," 1967.

Pop artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol (1928-1987).

Film star John Wayne, with his son, on location in Mexico for the filming of "War Wagon" in 1967.

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Forbes has released its list of the top-earning dead celebrities of 2013. Keep clicking to see who made the list. Here, No. 13, Singer Jenni Rivera, performs onstage during the 11th annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Nov. 11, 2010, in Las Vegas.

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