Cobain heads 'Top-Earning Dead Celebrities'

NEW YORK (AP) -- Twelve years after his death, Kurt Cobain is making millions upon millions. He's even richer than the King.
Cobain, who raked in an estimated 50 million between October 2005 and October of this year, has edged Elvis Presley from the No. 1 spot on Forbes.com's list of "Top-Earning Dead Celebrities."
Presley, who sat atop the list each year since its debut in 2001, ranks second with earnings of 42 million. Presley died in 1977. He's followed by Charles M. Schulz, John Lennon, Albert Einstein, Andy Warhol, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), Ray Charles, Marilyn Monroe, Johnny Cash, J.R.R. Tolkien, George Harrison and Bob Marley.
Cobain, lead singer of grunge-rock band Nirvana, committed suicide in 1994. In March, his widow, rocker Courtney Love, sold 25 percent of Nirvana's song catalog to Primary Wave Music Publishing.