McGonagall's Age

[humantupperware1]

No: HPFGUIDX 110207

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rita Winston" <catlady at w...> 
wrote:
> Our old Yahoo club said:
> 
> <In PS, McGonagall is described as " a rather severe-looking woman" 
> with her hair drawn into a tight bun, and as "a tall black-haired 
> witch". I guess that mention of black hair makes us think she must be 
> quite young, but my theory is that Minerva makes liberal use of the 
> wizarding equivalent of 'Lady Grecian 2000' to create the illusion of 
> youth. I wouldn't be surprised if to find that she was a contemporary 
> of Albus Dumbledore and, in fact, about 60.>
> 
> Dummbledore is older than 60: ........



Hello...Leah here...I'm new, but I read in an interview the other day with JKR 
(can't remember where, but i think it was one of the links from here)   That 
Dumbledore is 150 and Minerva is a "sprightly seventy"   she also goes on to 
say that wizards live longer than muggles, and that harry hasn't discovered 
this yet.......

cheers, HumanTupperware