Elvis still the King of the earners

ELVIS PRESLEY may have left the building nearly 33 years ago, but a raft of new events and books released to mark what would have been his 75th birthday tomorrow ensure The King lives on – and so do his earnings.

By The Newsroom

Published 7th Jan 2010, 08:48 BST

Updated 7th Jan 2010, 10:15 BST

Presley, who died in 1977 aged 42, is one of the top earning dead celebrities, bringing in 34.4m in 2009 according to Forbes.com.

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