Is Flamel dead yet?

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 126588


bboyminn wrote:

In weighing in on this in the past, I like to remind people that as
you get older your preception of time changes. When I was a kid warm
lazy summer days seemed to last forever, now the days are rushing by.
To a 10 year-old, a decade is a lifetime, to a 100 year-old a decade
is one small faction of a lifetime.

To someone who is almost 700 years-old, a decade is like a year to a
normal person. So, indeed a 'couple of months, max' is like the blink
of an eye to someone so old. I can easily see Flamel and his wife
taking five to ten years to set their affairs in order.

One could speculate, that this is why JKR made of point of noting that
Flamel had a remaining supply of Elixer. Otherwise, why not just agree
that Flamel will soon die and leave it at that?

Others will react differently, but if handled well, I won't have a
problem with Flamel appearing in the remaining books, perhaps I am
bias because, since he was first mentioned, that's exactly what I've
wanted to happen.

vmonte responds:
I agree. He is definitely still alive. Besides, I keep thinking that 
the connection between Dumbledore and Flamel needs further 
explanation. There are some key pieces of information missing in 
their backstory. If Flamel is dead, my bet is that the brain that 
attacked Ron belongs to Flamel.  What if Ron begins to have memories 
that are not his? Ron is also obsessed with the fact that he has no 
money. 
Will he try to make another Philosopher's Stone? 

Will the story end where it began?
Vivian