What's Coming Will Come

[justcarol67]

Dina Lerret wrote:
> 
> > I think JKR mentioned she wasn't going to kill off Ron.

MJ responded: 
> I would LOVE to be able to confirm that!  The only concrete thing
I've ever read regarding someone living or dying is that Harry will
live to Book 7, but she hasn't said whether or not he'll live AFTER
book 7.  So, if you know where she's mentioned anybody else, I'd love
to read that material!

Carol notes:
Possibly Dina was thinking of this quote from a 2000 interview:

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/fall00-scholastic-etoys.html

Q: Any hints you could share about what to expect in future Harry
Potter books?
JKR: The theme running through all seven books is the fight between
good and evil, and I'm afraid there will be casualties! Children
usually beg me not to kill Ron. Whenever I tell them this, they seem
to think he is most vulnerable, probably because he is the hero's best
friend!

Or more likely this one, from October 30, 2000:

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/1000-time-staff.htm

JKR: It's great to hear feedback from the kids. Mostly they are really
worried about Ron. As if I'm going to kill Harry's best friend. 

Since GoF came out in 2000, I'm guessing that both quotes refer to the
character who was going to die in OoP, but they may apply to later
books as well (see the wording of the question in the first quote).

Carol