Who Will Die? / 10 Commandments

[babelfisherperson]

No: HPFGUIDX 30820

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Phil Nel <philnel at k...> wrote:
> Dear all:
> 
> Has anyone named Dumbledore as a candidate in the "Who Will Die?"
> discussions?  Several times in _Goblet of Fire_, Harry notices how
> old Dumbledore is -- when Harry's in his office (first time), and
> later in the novel, too.  If I had the book with me, I'd quote a
> passage.  (I don't: the book's in my office.)  At any rate, here's
> a hypothesis: Dumbledore dies in book 7.  Harry, Lupin, Hermione,
> Ron, Black, et al. all must carry on his legacy.  Remember 
> Dumbledore's words in _Chamber of Secrets_ -- which I do happen to
> have at home -- "you will find that I will only truly have left
> this school when none here are loyal to me" (chapter 14, near the
> end).

Well, Dumbledore is ~150 years old, and sounds as if he looks about 
half that age. For all we know, he could live for another 50+ years. 
It's quite possible for a healthy muggle to live for 90-100 years, 
and if, as seems to be the case, Dumbledore ages more slowly than we 
do, he could live to be 200 or more. So personally, I think that if 
Dumbledore does die during the course of the next 3 books, it won't 
be from natural causes.