Dumbledore Dying (WAS Re: Dumbledore's Age )

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No: HPFGUIDX 46118

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., m.bockermann at t... wrote:
> Phyllis wrote:
> 
> >JKR
> > said that Dumbledore is currently 150 years old.  Which would have
> > made him approximately 100 years old when Riddle was at Hogwarts
> > 50 years ago.
> >
> > That being said, I unfortunately agree with Greg's conclusion that
> > Dumbledore's a goner this time.
> 
> 
> And Lizbot added:
> >>> As was brought up two posts ago, Hagrid says that as long as
> Dumbledore is around, everything will be fine, or something like
> that.  If that isn't foreshadowing, I don't know what is.  My only
> reason for thinking Dumbledore wouldn't die in Book Five is the
> question of who would be headmaster/mistress after him?  McGonagall?
> Snape?  I don't know.  I imagined he would die in Book Seven.  What
> does everyone else think?  If he did die, who would fill his 
> position? 
> 
> Me:
> Add to that the way Harry notes Dumbledore looking old and worn at 
> the end of GoF. DDs death's would make a nailbiting cliffhanger and 
> it would set the stage for book 6 and 7. Since I believe that Snape 
> will be busy with DD's mission, I'd bet my money on McGonagall.
That 
> would make DD's the bad one... and the terrible? Hagrig, maybe?
> 
How about this - Dumbledore dies in Book 5, but stays on as headmaster
as a ghost in Book 6 & 7, ala Professor Binns. This might invite Star
Wars comparisons, though...

--Arcum