Arthur is dead on JKR's page

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 103771

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kneazelkid" <afleitas at b...> 
wrote:
> Assuming that JKR's Web page is cannon (and I think it is), I 
believe Arthur 
> dies in the 6th book and that JKR has already written his death. If 
you look 
> under the information on the Weasley family (under the tea cup) it 
says "Arthur 
> Weasley WAS one of three brothers" -- not "is," but "was." All othe 
characters 
> on site are referred to in the present tense (with the exception of 
those we 
> know are dead).

Marianne:

Not necessarily.  In JKR's comments on her site about one of her 
award-winning fan sites (whose name escapes me at the moment) she 
quite clearly states that Sirius Black's eyes "are grey."  Very much 
a present tense, even though we all know about that pesky veil.  

Perhaps the reference to Arthur means that one or more of the 
brothers has died, or it may be simply a bit of sloppy language.  

Marianne