Top 10 highest earning dead celebrities 2014 - in pictures

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  2nd: Elvis Presley, American singer, $55m. Died August 16, 1977, age 42. Cause: heart attack. AP Photo

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  3rd: Charles Schulz, American cartoonist - $40m. Died February 12, 2000, age 77. Cause: Colon cancer.

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  4th: Elizabeth Taylor, British actress, $25m. Died March 23, 2011, age 79. Cause: heart failure. Mae / AP Photo

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  5th: Bob Marley, singer, $20m. Died May 11, 1981, age 36. Cause: cancer. AFP

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  6th: Marilyn Monroe, American actress, $17m. Died August 5, 1962, age 36. Cause: overdose. AP Photo

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  7th: John Lennon, British singer - $12m. Died December 8, 1980, age 40. Cause: murder. AP Photo

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  8th: Albert Einstein, German physicist, $11m. Died April 18, 1955, age 76. Cause: natural causes. AP Photo

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  9th: Theodor Geisel, American writer and cartoonist, $9m. Died September 24,1991, age 87. Cause: natural causes. Gene Lester / Getty Images)

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  10th: Bruce Lee, martial artist, $9m. Died July 7, 1973, age 32. Cause: cerebral edema

The 10 late luminaries who rank on Forbes’ 2014 list of the top earning dead celebrities brought in a total of US$338 million over the past 12 months.