Dumbledore 'really is dead' says J.K. Rowling
 

On the second night of 'An Evening with Harry, Carrie and Garp', J.K. Rowling answered some more questions from fans after reading the same passage from the night before. Members of Mugglenet were in attendence and have provided an outline of topics covered, including:

You may find the complete list herewith a further report here.


Thanks to Mugglenet for the info!

aggghhhhhh! *sigh* i hoped that he wasn't... =/ oh well, the rest is really interesting news! haha while taking a shower? interesting... and i'm very interested to see what is in store for Aunt Petunia...

* first to post! :D *

*gasps* he's really dead????? no!!!*cries*

~second to post~

Somehow I always knew there was more to Aunt Petunia than her obsession over cleanliness and horsey teeth, but that theory about her being a squib is getting a bit old. But who knows, she could be.

I guess she indicates, the trio will Survive! If it's like that HP fans will be Happy! But I Really worry about the fate of Sirius who disappeared behind the veil!

Whatever it is, overall a great interview!!

What? Did she just imply that Hagrid might be one to...no I can't say the word. And I always knew there was something more about Petunia, and sadly I knew DD was really gone. But great interview though!

*breaks into tears*

there goes my hopes *starts to cry again*

Ah well, I always thought that Dumbledore was really dead... in the shower? That's interesting ....

good... now that we have this whole death thing cleared up, I can collect my bet money from last summer!! LOL!
I cant wait until the title is revealed, and things like that. Its so exciting, and yet sad... its almost over- REALLY over.

I like the Aunt Petunia part!! :yes: very interesting indeed!! *runs to take a shower to see if it really works*

Oooooooooooooooh v. interesting!!!!!!!!!! It's made me want next summer to come even faster than i was already wishing! Lol. Grrrrrrr a whole year until I'll be able to read the book :(

how Dumbledore if he's dead? *confused* she just confused me pretty well

I had never doubted that Dumbledore was dead.
I hope it means that trio will survive.>_<

That's quite sad as I thought Dumbledore could not be dead. It's interesting about the Petunia part as I always thought how come she remembered about the Dementors and she obviously therefore quite important somehow.

omg thats so sad =(

LMAO i love the shower thing... Jo Rocks

thats interestin .... gud job but u know... i was REALLY bummed about dumbuldore really being dead :( awwww

I knew that DD was dead. People said after the OOTP that Sirius would come back but that was not the case. WOW!! Jo pausing after saying the trio's name. I hope Ron doesnt die.

Hi, I went to the second night (as well as the first night, but this post is about the second), and there was a question asked by author Salman Rushdie about whether Snape was good or bad, where he discussed how Jo had written him out (first as a not-a-nice-guy but still a good guy, but then ends up killing Dumbledore and is evil), and mentions that there is the theory that Snape and Dumbledore could have planned the entire 'death' and that Dumbledore really isn't dead and that Snape is still good.

Jo couldn't go into detail about Snape's true alliance, for obvious reasons, but did say that Salman's theory was correct and that Dumbledore was definitely dead (which she pointed out about three different times during the questioning session), so you can interpret that as you will.

Can't wait for the 7th book.I guess,we just have to accept tha Dumbledore IS really dead. Wonder what's more to Aunt Petunia..

At least that's one bit of info that has put me out of my misery, but now knowing that Dumbledore is really dead fills me with sadness because I was always hoping that he was alive. I had an idea that thee were more to Aunt Petunia but what I don't know!! :albus: