7.Marilyn Monroe – $15 Million
Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in 1926 and died in 1962.
But no one knows her by Norma Jeane, but by Marilyn Monroe, the sexy and blonde bomb shell.
The American actress, model and singer became a significant sex symbol, after her breakthrough in the 1950’s.
Monroe had a very troubled life, dying at the early age of 36.
Monroe is one of the celebrities who are still earning money, selling clothes, perfumes and spa treatments that add up to $15 million.
Macy’s offers a line of clothes under her name and Monroe has become the celebrity face of Chanel No. 5.
“She had a luminous quality. A combination of wistfulness, radiance, and yearning that set her apart and made everyone wish to be part of it – to share in the childish naivete which was at once so shy and yet so vibrant”
He’s singing to us all: Don’t worry, be happy! ->
