Laying Odds On Who Dies in Harry Potter 7

Posted on June 28, 2006

Ever since J.K. Rowling announced that she's going to kill off two characters in the last Harry Potter book, fans have been pulling out their hair trying to figure out who will die and which character got a reprieve. USA Today asked the webmasters of the two most popular Potter sites to lay odds on who lives and who dies.

Emerson Spartz of MuggleNet.com and Melissa Anelli of The-Leaky-Cauldron.org both agree that Lord Voldemort has a 100% chance of dying. Neither gives either Ron or Hermoine much chance of dying) between 10-12% respectively. But what about Harry?

Emerson says, "Rowling could kill him, but I don't think she needs to. And if she doesn't have to, she won't." He says there's a 30% chance Harry will die. Melissa gives Harry a 20% chance of dying and notes "We pray she's not that cruel."

We will be most displeased if Harry doesn't make it to a ripe old age.