Dumbledore's Death

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No: HPFGUIDX 140603

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "david_krasnansky" 
<dkrasnansky at h...> wrote:
> knorte1 wrote:
> > > ... but I'm wondering why everyone seems so completely
> > > convinced that DD is really "dead."  
>  
> Amiable Dorsai:
> > Though it breaks my heart to say it, I think Dumbledore is an ex-
> > wizard.
> > 
> > Fawkes sang his lament, and has left Hogwarts.  Dumbledore's 
> > portrait has appeared in the Head... mistress's office.  The
> > office recognizes McGonagall's right to occupy it (compare this
> > to the Umbridge fiasco).  As zgirnius points out, the Unbreakable
> > Vow has not killed Snape.
> > 
> > Dumbledore is dead.
>  
> 
> 
> I think it is possible that Dumbledore is not dead.  Instead
> perhaps someone else, who was paying off a debt (a life debt), died
> in his place.
> 

I think Dumbledore is dead, but Snape did not kill him.  Dumbledore 
probably began dying after he secured the ring horcrux, but certainly 
after he drank the potion in the cave.  When Snape sent his "curse," 
Dumbledore might have just "given up the ghost" and launched himself 
into the next great adventure, voluntarily and with great relief.  If 
the object of the Vow is dead, perhaps the Vow is voided.  So, am I 
delusional?  The only other wizard who anticipated death and planned 
for it, that I can think of, was Nicolas Flamel... or maybe Merope 
Gaunt... or maybe RAB.

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