the dementor: alive or dead?

[fawkes970]

No: HPFGUIDX 80293

When i think of a dementor, it is hard to picture one of them dying. 
And then it hit me: do they ever actually die. Could it be like a 
phooenix and just re-appear when it gets too old. do they even get 
old or were they just created and none will ever become more or 
less, they will just stay the number of them there are. They are 
techinically alive, because they are abble to move(glide) and act
(kiss, tuck hand into sleeve, etc.)- they are not immortal because 
they too have weaknesses(lack of senses, patronus): but do they ever 
die. do they reproduce? just throwing things out there that i 
thought were thought-worthy. I looked up some information on the 
dementor on Lexicon(aka my life), and they had this to say about 
them: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/dementors.html (id print it out now 
but they dont let u copy out what they printed in lexicon. however 
ill just say some things about them. Lupin said. "they are amongst 
the foulest creatures on the face of the planet.."(so they are a 
creature, not some immortal mirage-like projection). then later 
on "a dementor's breath is cold and rattling, as if it was trying to 
suck more then air out of the room"(which is saying that they 
breathe, correct): im just letting everybody know about this, see 
what has to be said. thanks for your time. 
	~as always, fawkes(pat)