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He is the man who memed himself to death. Øystein Aarseth was a guitarist who helped create the Norwegian death metal scene in the 1980s. He led the band Mayhem and publicly embraced Satan.

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It's a great time to be imaginary. The characters that make up this year's edition of the Forbes Fictional 15, our annual listing of fiction's richest, boast an aggregate net worth of $209.5 billion.