JKR tells fan that there is a reason why Sirius had to die --- Oh really...

[davewitley]

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vmonte here:

> JKR loves the character of Sirius.  What would be the reason she 
> needed to kill this character off?  

I think the reason has to do with what we see in the fight between 
Dumbledore and Voldemort at the MOM.

When Voldemort possesses Harry, it is the thought of Sirius that 
allows Harry to throw him off (or, perhaps, merely repels Voldemort 
without any active trying on Harry's part).  I see this as falling 
into the same class of event as Lily's protection of Harry: because 
Sirius died trying to save Harry, then in some way that requires 
Harry's consciousnes of it, that protects him from Voldemort.

I realise this raises questions about other situations where people 
died protecting other people, but I think there are ways of 
addressing that.

David