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Article: Cosby only black on Forbes' '400 richest' list; worth over $315 million. (Bill Cosby)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- October 25, 1993
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TV superstar Bill Cosby is the only Black American to make this year's Forbes annual "400 Richest People In America" list.
Cosby, 56, whose former TV series "The Cosby Show" pushed the NBC network to the No. 1 spot, has a net worth of more than $315 million, according to the magazine's "The Forbes Four Hundred" list.
"The Cosby Show's syndicated reruns earn $1 billion and Cosby gets one-third of that, the magazine reported.
He also is one of Hollywood's top paid pitchmen and has endorsed such products as Kodak and Jello.
Cosby also is a top selling author of ...