Dumbledore's age.

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 176567

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at ...> wrote:
>
> zanoodasaid:
> >>Now that it turns out that DD was born in 1881, the whole thing is
more believable, IMO. If DD was 115 when he died in 1996, there would
be something like 9-10 years difference between him and Muriel, right?
She 
> was a little girl when Ariana died, but at least she was born
already  :-)! I'm just glad that at least one DH inconsistency is down!<<
> 
> Unfortunately, it only makes it worse as she has already stated, in
2000, that he was about 150 years old.  Making up new stuff now,
because she made mistakes in the past, doesn't solve the problem that
she didn't make up the backstories right in the first place.  
> 
> Just like Grindelwald's death in DH contradicts a confirmation JKR
made, in 2005, that he died in 1945, and that he died in 1945 for a
specific reason: "Is it coincidence that he died in 1945," and I said
no. It amuses me to make allusions to things that were happening in
the Muggle world, so my feeling would be that while there's a global
Muggle war going on, there's also a global wizarding war going on."
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm
> 
> I have totally lost faith in JKR as a writer.  
> 

Renee:
Then this is probably not going to help: If DD died at the end of
Harry's sixth year, 1996 ought to be 1997.