I am Thinking About Dying
Elvis; Very Dead and Very Rich
The thought of dying is seriously crossing my mind as I read the list of the top 13 top dead earning celebrities for 2007 according to Forbes magazine.
When people that have been dead and buried years ago can be making more money than people who are alive and working hard, dying is an option I think we should all consider. According to Forbes these 13 dead Celebes collectively generated US$247 million in the last 12 months.
The mere fact they are being mentioned in Forbes says big money is being made you don’t see them mentioning Bacchanal Time, Krosfyah nor Lil Rick. To make this list a dead person must have generated at least US$7 million in a year, how many of you reading this made 14 million Barbados dollars last year? Or even in your entire lifetime? Maybe you need to die!
Let us go through the list starting from the bottom:
James Dean ($3.5 million).
Bob Marley ($4 million)
James Brown ($5 million)
Steve McQueen ($6 million
Marilyn Monroe ($7 million)
Tupac Shakur ($9 million)
Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) ($13 million)
Andy Warhol ($15 million),
Albert Einstein ($18 million
George Harrison ($22 million),),
Charles M. Schulz ($35 million),
John Lennon ($44 million)
Elvis Presley ($49 Million)
May I remind you we are talking United States dollars here, not bajan Trinidadian or Guyanese money. Do you notice there are no calypsonians on the list? Maybe I should switch music genres. When a dead man can make $49 million dollars in 12 months I think its time to think about dying, even though my challenge will be how the hell will I spend the damn money after I am dead? Dead men just don’t tell no tales they don’t spend money either, nor can they write blogs.
Now that I think about it, it’s probably better to be alive and poor than to be dead and rich, what do you think? You don’t sound very enthusiastic…
Anyways, for the time being I think I will cancel the dying thing, just make do with the few Barbados dollars I am making and keep writing Boyce Voice!
If during the reading of this blog there is any thing I might have written which might have incensed or offended you, GET OVER IT! There are many things I read and hear in the media on a daily basis that I don't like either. SO DEAL WITH IT! You are welcome to leave your comments though. Make sure and come back yuh hear !!!...
November 14th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
To make the big money with dying you have to be a role model for your generation. So better do some research on that before taking any action which might turn out as irreversible. Also I’ve never heard of a post mortem blog.