Grindelwald was: Re: Dumbledore's age.

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 176662

Random832 said:
>>The question wasn't "Is Grindelwald still alive", it was asking if she 
picked 1945 for a reason. She answered truthfully. She failed to 
contradict a leading question, but to do so would have given too much away.<<

No, the question wasn't that, but the whole quote, which I post now - and probably should have posted earlier for clarity - makes it VERY clear that he was already dead...and died in 1945.

"""And then the third is from Helen Poole, 18, from Thirsk,  the one about Grindelwald, which I'm sure you've been gearing up for us to ask.
JKR: Come on then, remind me. Is he dead?

ES: Yeah, is he dead?

JKR: Yeah, he is.

ES: Is he important?

JKR: [regretful] Ohhh...

ES: You don't have to answer but can you give us some backstory on him?

JKR: I'm going to tell you as much as I told someone earlier who asked me. You know Owen who won the [UK television] competition to interview me? He asked about Grindelwald [pronounced "Grindelvald" HMM.]. He said, "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."""

Personally, I can only read one thing from that, as can many others: Grindlewald died in 1945.  "Is he dead?" she was asked..."Yeah, he is,"  JKR replied.  Bringing the poor beggar back to life for DH was lame, IMO.  YMMV.

CathyD


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