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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Forbes/TopEarningDeadCelebrities.aspx">Topping the list for the first time is <A href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=yves+saint+laurent&#38;form=MSMONY">Yves Saint Laurent</A>, who earned $350 million in a much-heralded estate sale.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Forbes/TopEarningDeadCelebrities.aspx">Debuting on the list in third place is musician <A href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=michael+jackson&#38;form=MSMONY">Michael Jackson</A>. In the four months since his death, the King of Pop's estate has brought in $90 million.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Forbes/TopEarningDeadCelebrities.aspx">At No. 2, between Saint Laurent and Jackson, are Broadway legends <A href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=richard+rodgers+biography&#38;form=MSMONY">Richard Rodgers </A>and <A href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=oscar+hammerstein&#38;form=MSMONY">Oscar Hammerstein</A>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Forbes/TopEarningDeadCelebrities.aspx">To place on this year's list, a deceased celebrity -- or "deleb," as industry insiders have dubbed them -- needed to rake in at least $6 million between Oct. 1, 2008, and Oct. 1, 2009.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Forbes/TopEarningDeadCelebrities.aspx">Behind Jackson is longtime list-topper <A href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=elvis+presley&#38;form=MSMONY">Elvis Presley</A>. 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