OK, this rumor is going to die right here

[Amy Z <lupinesque@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52809

Trond wrote:

> Is it *biggest* fan now? 
> 
> I don't know what the source of this quote is

I went looking for the answer to Lynda's very reasonable question, 
and you know what?  I can't find this quote coming directly from JKR 
*anywhere*--instead, it's just lots of people quoting each other, 
with interesting variations such as "special fan," "biggest 
fan," "JKR has said countless times that a fan of Harry's . . . ," 
and the assertion that this rumored death is the same as the one that 
she said would "half-crucify" her to write.  

I had thought I knew the difference between OP facts and rumors, but 
apparently not.  So here's a challenge:  if anyone can find a REAL 
TRANSCRIPT of a REAL JKR INTERVIEW saying this, it would be a public 
service for him/her to post the link here.  This is your chance to 
win a lifetime membership in L.O.O.N. (League of Obsessed Nitpickers
(tm))!

WARNING:  Links to fan sites, rumors, quotes from friends of second 
cousins of cleaning ladies whose brothers-in-law work for Scholastic, 
etc. would *not* be a public service, but will instead earn the 
poster a weekend in Argus Filch's Spa and Torture Chamber.  Please.  

Amy Z