A little OT and a quick age question

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 21079

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "DM" <dangermouse42 at y...> wrote:

> Oh, and not to bring up another subject, but is it a general 
> consensus that Wizards in the HP universe live longer lives than 
> normal humans?  In the timeline I've worked out (seems like 
> everybody's making one, doesn't it?), I have Arthur Weasley getting 
> close to around 65 - 70 or so.

JKR said in a Scholastic on=line chat that wizards live longer than 
Muggles, Dumbledore is 150, and McGonagall is 'a sprightly 70'. It 
makes sense that Arthur (and Molly -- they were in school together) 
wouldn't be MUCH yuounger than McGonagall.