Harry's Big Money Gift.... & more on money

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 53111

--- Pip wrote: 
> No it doesn't. If someone wins, and then drops dead (effectively 
> what happens to Cedric), they don't award the prize to the runner 
> up. This has occasionally happened in the UK; what generally happens 
> is that it's announced that the winner of the competition has died 
> and their prize is awarded posthumously. A member of the family or a 
> close friend will then accept it on their behalf.

Yes, but this isn't a case of Harry being the runner-up.  It was a tie. 
They both touched the Cup at the exact same time, regardless of
circumstances before or after, so therefore it was a tie.  It's not
terribly unusual in the case of a tie where one winner dies to award the
entire prize to the surviving winner, especially in this case where
Cedric's heirs (his parents) seemed to agree that Harry should keep the
money.


Andrea

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