Dumbledore's age

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No: HPFGUIDX 29149

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., djtarb at a... wrote:
> In a message dated Mon, 12 Nov 2001  3:39:11 PM Eastern Standard 
Time, eccleston at c... writes:
> 
> > There's a reference this evening on the BBC news website to 
Richard 
> > Harris stating that Dumbledore is 2000 years old. I wondered what 
he 
> > based that on and whether he knew something we didn't. Another 
> > example of the Philosophers Stone, perhaps? Here's the URL: 
> > 
> > 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/film/newsid_1651000/165
> > 1390.stm#top
> > 
> > Steve Eccleston
> > 
> The other interesting "number" is that he's signed on for seven 
films, which implies that Dumbledore appears throughout all seven 
books.  Hmmm.

***In a recent interview connected to "The Leaky Cauldron" Jo Rowling 
said that Dumbledore is around 150 years old, and Snape is only 
around 35 or 36.***
> 
> Diane in Philly