Is Sirius really dead?

[Gielreta]

No: HPFGUIDX 136243

> Amontillada:
> 
> First of all, what is the difference between "dying" and "passing
> through the veil"? From Luna's talk with Harry afterward, she at 
least
> sees it as the same thing. 
>  

Gielreta:
I'm not sure she does.  I think it's more accurate to say she sees the 
dead as lying beyond the veil.  No where she equate "through the veil" 
with "dying."  

Personally, I think that the veil is only one of multiple gateways to 
the "land of the dead" or whatever.  Obviously, every dying person 
doesn't queue up at the Ministry and wait to pass through.  

The question is:  If one can die without passing through the veil, can 
one pass through the veil without dying?