Is Sirius really dead?

[pam]

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Twinkeles said:
>>I do not think that Sirius Black is dead. He however passed 
through the veil, and due to Harry, Hermione and Ron's good relationship with the dead will be able to pass through once more and get him out. << 

CathyD said:
> I think Sirius is really dead.  I think JKR has made that very
> clear in some of her interviews.  Possibly to the point of a "Yes, 
> sorry" kind of answer.  I think she's also made it clear, that in her 
> books, dead is dead.  Dumbledore's response to Sirius about Cedric 
> comes to mind.  Nearly Headless Nick seems to *know* that Sirius 
> won't be coming back.
> 
> We've already had one 'apparently' dead person come back to life: 
> Peter Pettigrew.  


What about Dumbledore's line in the American version of the HBP that 
was removed for the British version?  The line goes something like this...'Sometimes those who appear to be dead are not really dead at all'... Perhaps he was referring to Sirius, perhaps to himself???? 

Any comments?

Pam