Who dies?

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 154401

Alla wrote:
>
> Um, I just saw the quote  from JKR's today interview. It could be a 
> paraphrase, so please don't beat me up. 
> 
> But I think the gist is right. She says that in book 7 one character 
> gets a reprieve, but two that she did nto intend to kill off – die.

Annemehr:

You mean the Richard and Judy show, I believe?

I downloaded the interview (a WMV file, 30 min. run time) from the 
link at HPANA.

Actually, Rowling is talking about the *final chapter* of book 7 at 
this point, which means it's the promised epilogue, so it *could* 
refer events from any of the books in the series.

Not that I'd bet thirty-seven Galleons, fifteen Sickles, three Knuts 
and a fake wand on it or anything...



Here's a transcript I did from that section (look at 03:44):

JKR:  The final chapter is hidden away -- although it's now changed 
very slightly.  One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two 
died that I didn't intend to die...

Judy: Oooh!  Two much-loved ones?

JKR:  Well, you know, the price has to be paid.  We *are* dealing with 
pure evil, so -- they don't target the extras, do they, they go for 
the main characters...


~Annemehr
who was very sure, at one time, that JKR once said that she had 
originally intended that the real Moody would die in GoF, but then 
could never find an interview quote to back that up...