*When* did Dumbledore die?

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No: HPFGUIDX 145144

Pippin wrote:
>
> After the Avada Kedavra on the tower,
> 
> Harry is paralysed by shock
> Petrifies a Death Eater
> Runs down the staircase
> Struggles with Fenrir
> Jinxes Amycus
> Sprints past McGonagall
> Stumbles over Neville
> Hexes the enormous blond Death Eater
> Skids around some corners
> Hides behind a suit of armor
> Races down the staircase
> Reaches the grounds
> Runs all the way to the gate
> Fights with Snape
> Helps Hagrid put out the fire "until the last flame was 
extinguished."
> 
> Give it fifteen minutes at least, maybe even a half an hour.
> 
> After all that he reaches Dumbledore's body
> There's a trickle of blood from the mouth. We've argued
> a lot over what could have caused it and that's JKR's
> genius. Because what we've  all missed is this:
> 
> It was fresh enough to wipe away. 
> 

Luckdragon:
I am of the unpopular opinion that DD is not dead. I know canon 
indicates that he is gone, but DD just encountered and overcame too 
much in his life to be fooled by the LV/Draco plot. One interesting 
item on Jo's website gives encouragement to this train of thought:

We haven't heard the school song since the first book. Did the 
teachers rebel against it?
Dumbledore called for the school song when he was feeling 
particularly buoyant, but times are becoming ever darker in the 
wizarding world. Should Dumbledore ever suggest a rousing encore, 
you may assume that he is on top form once more.

Why would Jo answer this question as she did if DD were going to be 
killed off. DD was never off top form in, my opinion, until book 7. 
Obviously this is my perception, but I wonder what everyone elses 
take is on this quote.