Dumbledore The Senior Citizen?

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> I found this, from the Comic Relief Live Chat in March 2001--
> 
> Q: How old are Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape?
> 
> A: Dumbledore's about 150 years old... wizards have a longer life 
> expectancy than us Muggles, Snape's 35 or 6.
> 
> But I *know* I've read where she said how old McGonagall and 
Hagrid 
> are, and that Harry hasn't found out about the longer life span 
yet, 
> and I can't find it, and have no more time to search. Lexicon 
Steve? 
> Anyone?
> 
> Argh.
> 
> ~Amanda

>From a Scholastic Interview October 16, 2000.

Q. How old is old in the wizarding world, and how old are Professors 
Dumbledore and McGonagall?

A. Dumbledore is a hundred and fifty, and Professor McGonagall is a 
sprightly seventy. Wizards have a much longer life expectancy than 
Muggles. (Harry hasn't found out about that yet.)