In an interview Rowling confirmed that Dumbledore was definitely dead and apologised to the www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com site.......
However she also confirmed when asked ..........
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: Snape is still a good guy. Dumbledore's death was planned out and Dumbledore plays a vital role in helping Harry in the final book
I really like all the theories that Dumbledore is still alive... You have no idea how much I wish it was true...but he's not.... I think there is a reason that Dumbledore had to die...
These are all very believable theories...maybe these will help you to decide whether hes dead or not
- When snape casts the avada kadavra curse doesnt dumbledore fall just before it hits him??
- They put alot of stress on nonverbal spells and how dumbledores the greatest wizard of all time...maybe snape said avada kadavra but ment expelliarmus and as dumbledore was falling he could have used a spell to slow himself down
- Another possibility is that falks the pheonix is a horcrux for dumbledore and thats why it says that in the smoke harry believes there to be a pheonix...
- Also if the no apparating spell was cast by dumbledore doesnt that mean it would dissipatate wen dumbledore dies...if the pheonix harry saw was real then falks may have been in the process of giving dumbledore life, dumbledore could have apparated b4 the spell strengthened...
- In the book it says that lots of polyjuice potion dissapears and its likely that dumbledore got hold of some of it and used it on one of the already dead bodies to make it look like he died to make Voldemort think harry was vulnerable...
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All right people.
DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD.
JK ROWLING HERSELF HAS SAID THIS AT THE HARRY, CARRIE, AND GARP READING.
When asked by an audience member if Dumbledore was, indeed, dead, she answered, (paraphrased) "Yes, he's gone. He's not going to pull a Gandalf." Then she paused, and said, "Maybe I'd better rephrase that to make this absolutely clear. Dumbledore is dead. It's time to move through the five stages of grief." Then she apologized to the makers of dumbledoresnotdead dot com.
If I have to explain this one more freakin' time, I shall blow a gasket.
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In the spoiler you contradicted what you said previously. "Dumbledore was definitely dead" then in spoiler "Dumbledore plays a vital role in helping Harry in the final book" ... ? And how do you know snape is good? If you can give me the link to the interview where she says that I will believe that but if its true whats with all these lil things you get when you reserve book that say "Reasons Snape is Good" and "Reasons Snape is Bad" I think if she publicly announced this that they wouldn't make those...