Usual cast of suspects

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 120351


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Karen" <klekatgirl at y...> wrote:
> 
> I think that the main character who will die in this book will be 
> Dumbledore.  He has been doing his best to keep Harry safe and 
> supporting him, but there has to come a point where Harry faces 
> Voldemort totally on his own.  I think that HBP will end with 
> Dumbledore telling Harry almost everything and then towards the end 
> he'll die.  That leaves the whole last book for Harry to face 
> Voldemort on his own.  Then he'll figure out everything else we need 
> to know and what happens next is a totally different thing to 
> discuss.  Is there any clues in the books to back up my theory?  I 
> really don't have any to site this, it is just my opinion.
> 
> 
> Karen Evans

Carol responds:
Just a note here. We don't actually have a new JKR quotation in the
article about the HBP publication date. It's probably picking up on
the recent rumor that "a" character will die in Book 6. We've known
for quite some time that "more deaths" are coming, and it's most
unlikely that all but one will occur in Book 7. I'd say we'd better
prepare for several deaths, not necessarily as significant as
Dumbledore, who IMO will die in Book 7. Probably more than one Weasley
and maybe a Hogwarts student. We might even lose Lupin.

It will, I predict, be more than one person, and both Molly's boggart
and the clock in the Weasleys' hallway with a hand that can point to
"mortal peril" suggest that one or more Weasleys are down for the
count. Not the twins, please, obnoxious as they sometimes are. And not
Percy, who needs his shot at penance and redemption. I predict Charlie
Weasley, Luna, and Lupin. And that's only Book 6.

Carol, noting that it won't be Snape because JKR has promised a
significant moment for him in Book 7