Pal: Earned $4,000 ($51,000) a Week
Pal, a collie known to millions of television’s earliest fans as “Lassie,” died at the age of 18 in 1958 after starring as the first of many Lassies to come. During his run, Pal earned $4,000 a week. In today’s world, that would be a payday of $51,000 a week.
