Playfuls.com | Cobain Tops Elvis for First Time in Forbes Dead Celebrity Chart Bloomberg - By David Altaner. Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana who committed suicide in 1994, has bumped Elvis Presley from the top spot for the first time in Forbes magazine's list of best-earning dead celebrities. Courtney Love's faithful amends Elvis Presley slips in millionaire list |