Who dies in Bk 5? Dobby!

[Rosmerta]

No: HPFGUIDX 20681

<Melanie wrote: Dobby is another possible death..>

I posted this theory awhile back in some other thread, but since I'm 
too lazy to look for it, here it is again: someone had said that JKR 
said a "special fan" of Harry's would die in Book 5, and I think 
that "special" friend is Dobby. Reason? Barty Crouch Jr. is gone (or 
gonzo, to be more technically correct, since he is presumably alive 
but soulless), but Winky is still around. She knows way too much 
about Voldy & Co. and is at Hogwarts, so the Dark side tries to wipe 
her out. Dobby comes to her rescue and dies in the process. Harry 
feels enormous guilt that his No. 1 fan died for him and fear that 
Voldemort is closing in on him by murdering those closer and closer 
to him (notwithstanding his parents of course). Plotwise, it's a way 
for JKR to tighten the noose without giving everyone heart attacks by 
offing a Weasley or anyone emotionally at the center of the books. 

~Rosmerta
who doesn't mean to offend Dobby fans by insinuating he's not at the 
center....but IMO he's not!