Michael Jackson earns more in death than he did when he was alive
Michael Jackson made $75 million (Rs 528 crore) in 2017, enough to make him the world’s highest earning dead celebrity, according to Forbes. The late singer is making more in death than he did when he was alive.
In 2016, Jackson’s earnings were over $800 million - the highest annual total for any entertainer ever, dead or alive - thanks mostly to the sale of his half of the Sony/ATV catalogue, which Jackson purchased first in 1981. He also rakes in millions through his Cirque Du Soleil show in Las Vegas and his publishing catalogue, which also features hits by other musicians.
According to Forbes, Jackson has earned over $3 billion pretax in his career - before and after death - and close to $4 billion when adjusted for inflation. Jackson, who died in 2009 because of an alleged overdose of prescription medication, would have turned 60 on August 29. His doctor was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Other high earning dead celebrities, according to Forbes’ 2017 list, are golfer Arnold Palmer ($40 million), cartoonist Charles Schulz ($38 million), Elvis Presley ($35 million) and Bob Marley ($23 million).
The high earnings mean that his three children, Paris, 20, Prince, 21, and Blanket, 16, aren’t living like ‘vagabonds’ as Jackson had claimed months before he died in 2019. At the time, he was $500 million in debt.
Jackson’s videos have accumulated over 1 billion views so far this year.
Courtesy: www.hindustantimes.com
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
