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10. Richard Rodgers. Renowned songwriter Rodgers came in tenth with $7 million. Sandra Pires as Maria Rainer (C) and Michael Kraus as Georg von Trapp perform with actors in the roles of the seven Trapp-children in Vienna's Volksoper theatre during a rehearsal for "The Sound of Music" musical by Richard Rodgers on February 25, 2005.[Photo/Agencies]