"Harry Potter to be killed off"

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sarah Leigh ..."
<plungy116 at a...> wrote:
>
> Its shocking, I know, but this was the headline that greeted me
> on the Ceefax entertainment news this morning. Apparently Jim 
> Dale has had a lot of contact with Jo in his role as the narrator
> of the US audio books, and he reckons that she has spent so 
> much time on Harry that she just wants rid of him now!  
> ...edited...
> Sarah xxx
> Who now needs a calming cup of strong black coffee (!)
>

bboyminn:

This is typical tabloid journalism; all headline and no story. Well,
OK, a story of overhyped but essentially meaningless innuendo. 

What Jim Dale is claiming, based on his own opinion, is the JKR has
lived with the Harry Potter books for many many years, and now lives
with expectations and anticipation growing to fever pitch for each
book. I think when the final books is over, to some extent she will be
glad. Harry Potter ...been there, done that ...time to move on. Of
course, we will all feel a sadness to see Harry Potter end, but he
lives on in the books for generations to come.

Let's face, in this group we have all speculated on and discussed
whether Harry would die in the end. Even Dan Radcliffe as a fan, has
speculated that Harry might die. So this is nothing new.

The Tabloids, as I said, just took what was essentially a non-story,
and blew it up into an overhyped by essentially hollow headline.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn