My fav Q and A from todays chat w/ JKR

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92265

Fran:
> Guess I forgot to add the answer about Ron's middle name being the 
> same as the uncle who saw the Grim and died. As for similar comments 
> about Harry, I guess I forgot! I guess that iw waht I like about this 
> group is that everyone has different interpretations of what is to 
> come and what certain clues mean.  I think that Sirius's animagi form 
> being uncannily similar to a Grim was a clue as to his demise which 
> others may disagree. But hey his animal form was Grim-like and he 
> died! 

Carol:
Then again, James's animagus form was a stag, which as far as I know
has no such "grim" implications, and he died long before Sirius did.
The Grim was (IMO) just a red herring, misleading both Harry and the
reader. (Interesting, though, that Trelawney kept seeing it in the
crystal ball, which suggests that she really does see things there but
doesn't necessarily read them correctly. She had no way of knowing
that a big black "dog" was actually prowling the grounds; she'd have
pulled an Uncle Bilius and died of a heart attack if she'd seen him.)

To get back to Sirius, there are hints even in GoF that he's in grave
danger from his own impulsive decisions to leave safety and try to
help Harry. Given his reckless nature and his circumstances, his death
was almost inevitable. It had no connection with his animagus form
whatever. Besides, the Grim foreshadows the death of the viewer, not
of the Grim itself.

Carol, who's pretty sure that Ron isn't going to die despite his
bilious middle name