Harry dies?

[Zara]

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> Melanie in Indiana:
> One thing
> that scared me today though was that I saw the JKR said she cried
> writing one of the last chapters in the book and downed a half
> bottle of champagne. I hope it is NOT mourning over Harry. 

zgirnius:
Her exact words were 'one chapter near the end'. To me this means not 
the epilogue, and not the last chapter. I can't see Harry dying with 
a few chapters to go. I would expect, if he dies, that it would be in 
the last chapter, and then the epilogue would sum up for us what the 
fates of the survivors and the WW were, and what were their reactions 
to Harry's death.

So no, I don't think it is his death over which Rowling cried. Which 
in turn convinces me that Harry does not die at all, because I think 
that ought to be even worse than any other character dying.

My money is (sadly) on Snape, in a tearjerking, dramatic, "It is a 
far, far better thing I do" type scene. I would love to be wrong 
about this.