{"id":34025,"date":"2009-10-29T13:01:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T18:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=34025"},"modified":"2009-10-29T13:01:43","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T18:01:43","slug":"j-r-r-tolkien-makes-forbes-list-of-top-earning-dead-celebreties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/10\/29\/34025-j-r-r-tolkien-makes-forbes-list-of-top-earning-dead-celebreties\/","title":{"rendered":"J.R.R. Tolkien Makes Forbes list of Top Earning Dead Celebreties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-34026 no-lazyload\" title=\"J.R.R. Tolkien\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/J.R.R.-Tolkien-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"J.R.R. Tolkien\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>J.R.R. Tolkien was the fifth top earning dead celebrity on Forbes&#8217; list, earning $50 Million last year. 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