JKR quote re DD dying

[saturniia]

No: HPFGUIDX 140614

Annemehr says of the JKR quote:
> Which just makes me think "too much Star Wars!"
> 
> I remember the father figure thread, but durned if I could find it.

Saturniia says:
Did anyone mention Joseph Campbell in the "father figure" thread?  
He's probably the most well-known scholar of comparative mythology, 
and his book "The Hero With A Thousand Faces", which I highly 
recommend, was read by George Lucas either before or during 
preproduction of Star Wars.

Besides, it's not just Luke and Ben with the violent deaths in the 
hero-mentor mytharc.  Frodo, for one, thought Gandalf was dead when 
the Ring was destroyed (LotR).  There are probably more examples, I 
just can't think of them now.