Jackson is already the top-earning deceased celebrity, with sales of $170 million over the past year, according to a list released last month by financial website Forbes.com.

Hollywood and the surrounding area have numerous sites that are believed to be inhabited by the spirits of deceased celebrities.

Her work often features loquacious, unfamiliar quotations by deceased celebrities whom Chandler claims to have personally interviewed, although the statements occasionally contradict those already in print.

Note: For deceased celebrities born in this era see the article on the G.I. Generation.

In other words, the image of a deceased celebrity is treated, under the law, as property with assignable ownership.

For the fifth straight year, Forbes named Presley the top-earning deceased celebrity, with a gross income of $45 million.

He was again the second-highest-earning deceased celebrity.

As of 2007, McQueen's estate has entered the top 10 of highest-earning deceased celebrities.

In 2006, Forbes ranked Schulz as the third highest-earning deceased celebrity, having earned $35 million in the previous year.

Some states, though not as many, provide protection for deceased celebrities, he said.