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Now this should make you feel like a slacker: Elvis Presley earned $49 million in the last 12 months.

While dead.

As such, he topped Forbes.com's list of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities.

Also making millions while in repose were ex-Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison, movie stars Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe and James Dean, rapper Tupac Shakur, reggae master Bob Marley and soul man James Brown.

Artist Andy Warhol, Theodor Geisel of "Dr. Seuss" fame, and "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz also made the list, as did Albert Einstein.

Albert Einstein? Yep. According to Forbes, the wire-haired genius was good for $18 million in the last 12 months.

Who knew the Theory of Relativity would be such a money-maker?

"It's all those T-shirts with him on them," said a co-worker, in response to my yelps about this story.

Maybe so, but only because of that wild hairdo. Who wants a picture of a bald guy on their chest?

Forgetting to comb your hair? Good career move, Al. But not as good as dying.

Same for The King.

Everybody knows he was practically down to his last peanut-butter-and-banana sandwich when he bit the dust — er — big banana 30 years ago.

But thanks to some shrewd financial moves by ex-wife Priscilla Presley, Elvis is now rolling in dough, if not in his grave.

Besides touring Graceland, Elvis fans can also buy:

● Elvis toy trucks. ($39.95).

● Elvis Christmas stockings. ($29.95).

● Elvis neck pillows. ($29.95).

● Elvis beach towels. ($89.95).

● Elvis belt buckles ($49.95, gut above it optional.)

● Elvis Monopoly games. ($110. And you betcha Heartbreak Hotel is on the boardwalk.)

Even more unusual is this James Dean item: a brick from his old high school in Indiana that sold for $40.

Of course, the downside to all this moola-making is that you've gotta be, well, dead.

Not so, however, for those who represent the dead. What a sweet deal that must be.

Now tell me, who would you rather represent: a live celebrity and all that goes with it, or a dead celebrity who never utters a peep?

Think about it: no alerting hotel management that the rock 'n' roll band members you represent will set the hotel towels on fire if their candy dish contains any brown M&M's.

No receiving blackmail threats unless you fork over $1 million for an alleged sex tape made by your client last year in Mozambique.

No worries that your celebrity will jump up on his TV host's sofa and start proclaiming his love of (A) Hitler (B) his mother, or (C) marijuana.

No checking your celebrity in or out of some tony rehab spa.

No paying off the paparazzi whose toes get run over by your client's Mercedes.

No bailing your client out of jail for any number of offenses, the worst being his or her mug shot.

No denying rumors that your celebrity is (A) pregnant (B) gay (C) straight (D) getting married (E) getting divorced (F) bulimic (G) anorexic, or (F) adopting a child from Haiti.

Nope, all you've got to do is rake in the dough and, of course, keep an eagle eye out for any interlopers who might want to cash in on your celebrity's fame.

Hey, let 'em get their own dead celeb. The way some of the live ones are whooping it up, it's only a matter of time.