CNN did a snippet on HP 6 (spoiler)

[justcarol67]

Dina wrote:
> > > For those with access to CNN, they did a brief segment on the 
> > > upcoming book and mentioned how Sirius Black died in OOTP and 
> > > how another character is going to meet its doom in the upcoming 
> > > book.
> > 
> Kelley found a link 
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/10/08/britain.harrypotter.ap/in
dex.html
> >
and noted: 
> > It also states that HBP is "due to be published next year" but
gives no sources for this claim.  Hm...
> 
Debbie commented:
> I'm not sure how much stock to put in the details of this report.  
> It cites JKR's website for the proposition that another character 
> will die in HBP, but she doesn't say in which book. The question 
> was whether JKR would kill off any more characters and the answer 
> was "yes, sorry." <snip>


Carol adds:
And note the writer's assumption that only *one* character will die.
JKR's response could just as easily allow the deaths of several minor
characters and one or two major ones, especially since the question
she answered referred to "more deaths," not "another death." I don't
expect (or want!) a bloodbath in Book 6 or even Book 7, but the war
has started, and it will be quite surprising if only one person dies.

I agree with Debbie that the details of this report are to be taken
with a grain of salt, or rather with a lot of water as they're nothing
but fluff, an expansion of the words "Yes, sorry" into an assumption
that H-BP, like GoF and OoP, will have a single death. The poll on the
CNN site is even less reliable than the article, naming only a handful
of characters, all students, with no option for "Other" or "More than
one." It appears to be aimed at children and created by a person with
only a superficial knowledge of the books (or films). Dedicated
readers of the books have a clearer idea of what to expect than a
reporter who is just filling an alloted number of column inches under
the pretense of providing news or creating a poll for the same
purpose. (IMHO.)

JKR has previously indicated that some favorite characters will die
(of course, her idea of favorite characters doesn't necessarily match
the views of her readers). It would be unrealistic to expect all those
deaths to occur in Book 7, though any really significant ones (Ron?)
probably will.

With regard to Book 6, I personally expect the characters who die to
be members of the Order rather than students--say Remus Lupin and Bill
or Charlie Weasley or maybe Hagrid. Certainly not Neville, Ron, or
Hermione, as the poll suggests. And as posters on the main list have
suggested, maybe it's time for Dumbledore to fall into the chasm in
Moria. Oops, wrong book. I mean, time for Dumbledore to die so that
Harry is without his mentor in Book 7, like Frodo in LOTR (except that
DD will not return in a more powerful form). Death, as JKR has said
repeatedly, is an important theme in these books, and it's time to
develop that theme. It's time, too, that the DEs and Voldemort became
worthy of a climactic final battle. They've been pretty wimpy villains
up to this point (except for the first part of the graveyard scene and
the heartless murder of poor Cedric).

Carol, with apologies for sounding huffy and hoping that she doesn't
also sound bloody-minded as well