Is Snape the next to die?

[sbursztynski]

No: HPFGUIDX 125536


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "librarybookgrl" <librarybookgrl at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I've been wondering who JKR will kill off next, since she admitted 
> on her site that she will continue to kill characters off. In GOF 
> when Voldemort is looking around the circle of death eaters, he 
> comes to six empty spaces. He says three died in his service. One 
> was too cowardly to show up (Karakoff, since he fled that night?), 
> one has left forever, he will die of course (Snape, since he left to 
> be loyal to Dumbledore), and one at Hogwarts now doing his bidding 
> (Crouch, Jr.). Didn't Hagrid tell Harry that when Voldemort decided 
> to kill someone he usually did it, except in the case of Harry? 
> Sure, Snape is spying and has done some working, evidently, to get 
> back in the good graces of Voldy to get the job done, but one 
> wonders, is this possible?

Sue:

I don't think Snape will be killed off before the end of Book 7, if then. He is too important 
to the development of the plot. LV said that about "he will be killed, of course"  all the way 
back in Book 4 and it was not Snape but poor Sirius who bit the dust in OOP. I suspect LV 
is too distracted with other problems at this stage. He has lost a lot of followers at the end 
of OOP - well, at least till they escape from Azkaban again, anyway (I think Draco is right 
there). He might find it a bit hard to kill Snape at this stage.

Besides, it would make such a wonderful bit of drama, at the end of #7, for Snape to die at 
the climax, saving the day and cursing Harry as he went... ; - )