Cobain 'is top-earning dead star'[/size]
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Former Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has overtaken Elvis Presley as the highest earning dead celebrity, according to US business website Forbes.com. Cobain committed suicide in 1994.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6082966.stm