Okay, I've just finished reading the Order of the Pheonix for the umpteenth time, and after reading from pages 547-550 and reading how powerful Dumbledore is after taking on those Aurors, Umbridge, AND Fudge, I can't help thing how could someone that powerful have died! And just by Snape! I had a theory that Dumbledore knew Snape had made the unbreakable vow so he let him kill him to stop snape from dieing. But that doesn't sound remotely correct. Or, that Dumbledore himslef is a Horcrux so by Snape killing him he would be destroying one of Voldemorts Horcruxes. But that has a lot of flaws in it as well.
I just can't understand how he could have just...died. There must be a reason or a way he can come back, I might be just saying that because I want him to come back so badly but after reading that on OP I will not give up hope. Dumbledore always has a surprise up his sleeve I'm just gonna hope that the tiny drawback of him being dead wont stop him from surprsing me again!

I believe that he is just dead and gone. Like with Sirius Black. Dumbledore was weakened you see, by being tricked to drink something.

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Sorry hun, but he's gone for good. I was shocked too when I read it. If you really believe Dumbledore isn't dead check out this site: www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com

Don't worry it is an actual site.

He's gone. He needed to die. Harry needs to learn to solve his own problems... Incase you haven't noticed, people don't exactly rise from the dead in the Harry Potter books... save Voldemort (in a sense), but the only reason for that was because he took very wrong and evil steps to preserve himself... not something Dumbledore would do. Remember, he is not afraid of death.

Oh yes, and I don't think he will return in ghost form either. Remember Nick said at the end of OotP that only those afraid of death and too cowardly to go into the unknown realm of death become ghosts. Dumbledore was certainly not afraid of death (the quote about it being an adventure)

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Well, I believe he's definitely dead, but we already know he's returning in portrait form! The end of Book 6 has him sleeping in a picture frame in his office.

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I refuse to believe he's dead.

I vote yes.

Sorry, but I was a little dissapointed when my favorite character murdered my second-favorite character.

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He's dead. Considering all that JK has to wrap up in the 7th book I seriously doubt she'd have time to explain how Dumbledore somehow isn't dead. I do think that we'll see him as a portrait though

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Let me tell you, I seriously believe that J.K Rowling is ruining her books by not only killing off Sirius but killing off Dumbledore too. She's losing a lot of fans. I really hope Dumbledore and Sirius aren't dead, but it doesn't look like it.l

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It can't all be happy and cheery. This is a war.

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I have nan idea! Well, you know the barkeeper at the Hogs Head is Dumbys brother, right? Maybe...Maybe they look alike and actually he died instead of Dumby! What do you think? Extremely unlikely but could be

Oh I didn't know Dumbledore had a brother!? Wow, but they'd have to be like twins or something and look REALLY alike. I hope he'll come back in portrait form anywho.

Argh! i havent read Hp 6 yet, but i didnt knew where this topic was about, so i clicked on it. Now i know the ending!

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No. Dumbledore died. That is the end of it.

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Why can't life go back to the way it always was?

WAAAAHHHH!!!!

Were are all the DD supporters?!

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Yes, but it was happy and cheery before. She didn't have to kill people off like flies.

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For all those who are angsting about DD´s death: http://www.livejournal.com/users/garlan ... /3409.html

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