Ways to kill a wizard

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 31046

sonjahric wrote:

> 
>Someone said that besides the usual 
> ways (normal ways to kill muggles) there are probably other magical 
> ways.  (Implying that wizards can die from the same things that 
kill 
> muggles.)  In most circumstances, I do not believe that a wizard 
can 
> die in the "usual" way.  In SS/PS, Chapter 4 - Keeper of the Keys, 
> Hagrid said,
> 
> "'CAR CRASH!' roared Hagrid, . . . 'How could a car crash kill Lily 
> an' James Potter? It's an outrage! A scandal!'"
> 

Hmmm.  There seems to be conflicting canon evidence about whether 
wizards can die in the usual way.  For instance, when Harry falls off 
of his broom in PoA, a student says she thought he had died.  The 
fact that Quireldemort tries to shake Harry off of his broom is 
further evidence that wizards can die from falls.

Maybe what Hagrid means about James and Lily dying in a car crash 
isn't that a car crash would never kill them.  Maybe he just means 
that James and Lily would never have reason to be in an ordinary 
Muggle car.

Cindy